An arms plant in Kyiv destroyed by Russian long-range air-launched rockets allegedly produced at least one of the missiles used to sink the Moskva warship. The strikes on Friday were followed by other explosions early on Saturday, after a military hardware factory in the capital’s Darnytsky district was bombed by Russian forces. The strike on the Ukrainian capital is among the first since invading Russian forces began withdrawing from regions around Kyiv as the city, day by day, seemed to be returning to normal. The reference was to the destruction of the giant missile cruiser by Ukrainian forces during a combat operation against Russian vessels in the Black Sea on Wednesday. The boat’s ammunition deck exploded after it was hit by two Neptune missiles, produced in the plant that Russian forces destroyed on Friday.

Source: The Guardian April 17, 2022 02:28 UTC