Russia strikes US-provided weapons at railway station in Ukraine: Ministry

The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday that it had destroyed weapons and military supplies provided by the United States and other Western countries at a station close to the Ukrainian town of Soledar, according to the national press agency TASS.

The Russian Air Force used “high-precision aerial missiles” in the strike, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov General Major.

He added that the attack also killed reserve units of the Ukrainian army.

Moscow’s defence minister, Sergey Shoigu, said last week that the Russian army will consider any NATO transport carrying weapons into Ukraine as a legitimate target for destruction.

On Saturday, the Russian army claimed to have destroyed a large supply of military equipment from the United States and European countries near the Bohodukhiv station in the Kharkiv region.