Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JON GAMBRELL and CARA ANNA

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces pounded targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west and intensifying an offensive in the east, as the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for the war with a proposed ban on oil imports.

The Russian military said Wednesday it used sea- and air-launched precision guided missiles to destroy electric power facilities at five railway stations across Ukraine, while artillery and aircraft also struck troop strongholds and fuel and ammunition depots.

The defense minister repeated that Russian forces have blocked off a steel mill in Mariupol from which scores of civilians were evacuated over the weekend. Another official denied they were storming the plant, as its defenders said a day earlier.

Ukrainian authorities, meanwhile, said attacks in the eastern Donbas region left 21 civilians dead.



People pay their respects during the funeral ceremony for Ukrainian serviceman Ruslan Borovyk killed by the Russian troops in a battle in St Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


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[Evolve Dammit]

1. So much death and destruction in less than two months

[Lovie777]

2. Ukraine probably was anticipating this . . .

and supplies are rerouted.

Putin is a monster, he hates Ukrainian independence, he hates their culture, he hates it's people.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. and most likely has blood relatives there.

[machoneman]

3. It's apparent our 155mm artillery is not yet in action. Counter-battery fire would have knocked out.

at least the Russkie artillery but likely not the missiles.

[PortTack]

4. Read last night there were approx 18 missiles fired, 11 were intercepted by the Ukrainians

[cstanleytech]

5. So much for Putin's lie about only trying to protect

Ukrainians in those small areas in the western part of the country.

[EX500rider]

7. I don't think they will succeed

Like most nations that once belonged to the former Soviet Union, Ukraine depends more on railways than highways for moving people and freight. Russia tried to shut down the Ukrainian railways with air and long-range missile attacks, but the internal railway system is so dense, and track repair capabilities so expanded, that track damage is rapidly fixed and there are usually ways to reroute traffic until repairs are completed. Ukraine has 22,300 kilometers of railway and employs over 400,000 people to operate nearly 2,000 locomotives, 85,000 freight and 4,000 passenger cars.


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