Ukraine attacks Crimea with US-supplied missiles – Russian MOD

The shelling has killed three people, including two children, with almost 100 injured, the local governor has said

The Ukrainian military has launched several US-made ATACMS long-range missiles armed with highly controversial cluster munitions on Russia’s Crimea, resulting in numerous civilian casualties, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.

The strike was first reported by Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev on Sunday, who said that the attack killed at least three people, including two children. He also estimated the number of injured at almost 100 people.

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Two children killed in Ukrainian attack on Crimea

The shelling has also claimed the life of an adult and left nearly 100 injured, Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev has said

At least three people, including two children, were killed in a Ukrainian missile attack on Sunday on Russia’s Crimean Peninsula, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev has said.

The official initially said, citing preliminary data, that at least 22 people were injured as a result of the attack. He wrote on Telegram that all available ambulance teams were dispatched to the area of Uchkuevka in the northern part of the Russian port city on the Back Sea.

Later, Razvozhaev said the death toll had risen to three people, including two children. Almost 100 people were injured.

Earlier in the day, Razvozhaev said Russian air defenses had repelled a Ukrainian missile attack. He added, citing preliminary data, that five aerial targets had been shot down, though numerous shell fragments fell in the coastal area, causing injuries and fires in two locations.

The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that Ukraine launched an attack at around noon local time, which it said involved several US-made ATACMS long-range missiles armed with cluster munitions, which are banned in more than 100 countries.

The ministry said four ATACMS were destroyed mid-air, while the fifth also sustained damage from incoming fire, which caused it to deviate from its course and detonate over the city. As a result, the falling fragments of cluster munitions led to numerous casualties, the military added.

https://www.rt.com/russia/599787-crimea-attack-ukrainian-killed-child/

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