[ad_1] <br><div id="body-text"> <p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">Moscow’s forces destroyed a large shipment of Western-supplied weapons in northwestern Ukraine with long-range missiles, the Russian defense ministry said Saturday. </p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">“High-precision long-range sea-based Kalibr missiles destroyed a large batch of weapons and military equipment near the Malin railway station in Zhytomyr region delivered from the United States and European countries,” it said.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><a href="https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMOnQlwswi_quAw?oc=3&ceid=US:en&hl=en-US&gl=US"><strong>For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.</strong></a></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">The ministry said the weapons were intended for Ukrainian forces in the eastern Donbas region, a Russian-speaking area that has been partially controlled by pro-Moscow separatists since 2014 and is now scene of some of the fiercest fighting in Ukraine. </p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">Moscow sent troops inro Ukraine on February 24, saying it aimed to “de-Nazify” the pro-Western country and protect the Russian speakers there.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">Western countries have supplied Ukraine with weapons, including artillery, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank weapons and other powerful materiel, but Kyiv has been pushing allies for more support.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong>Read more:</strong></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/05/21/Russia-likely-facing-Uncrewed-Aerial-Vehicles-shortage-UK-">Russia likely facing Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles shortage: UK</a></strong></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/05/21/Britain-wants-to-arm-Moldova-to-protect-it-from-Russian-threat-UK-sources">Britain wants to arm Moldova to protect it from Russian threat: UK sources</a></strong></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/05/21/In-biggest-capture-yet-Russia-claims-victory-in-Mariupol">In biggest capture yet, Russia claims victory in Mariupol</a></strong></p> </div> <br>[ad_2] <br><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/05/21/Russian-military-destroys-western-arms-in-Ukraine-with-Kalibr-missiles-Interfax">Source link </a>