Key developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, day 539
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In Lutsk, in the Volyn area of northwest Ukraine, three persons were murdered and several more were injured by Russian airstrikes, according to Kyiv. .
According to the Interfax news agency, the Russian defense ministry said that its forces used precise missiles to strike important military-industrial complexes in Ukraine throughout the course of the night, causing “significant damage.”
For the first time, a SCALP cruise missile provided by France to Ukraine was reportedly intercepted by Russian forces.
- Ukraine said 16 of at least 28 cruise missiles launched by Russia overnight were destroyed. The 28 included 20 Kh-101/Kh-555 missiles, four Kh-22 and four Kalibr missiles, which were launched from the Russian airfields of Soltsy, Shaykovka, Engels and Olenegorsk as well as from a ship stationed near Yalta in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Moscow is preparing a “provocation” at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in western Russia, according to the national resistance center of Ukraine. “Preparations for evacuation from the zone of possible radioactive contamination in the event of a nuclear power plant accident are under way in the Kursk region,” the resistance center, which among other things gathers intelligence, said. It added that Russia was preparing to evacuate 21,000 to 57,000 people.
According to the governor of Russia’s Bryansk district, Russian military forces stopped a group of Ukrainian saboteurs from crossing the border into Russian territory.
