Russian warships have destroyed a Ukrainian command center with Kalibr cruise missiles, killing dozens officers, Moscow's Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.
“More than 50 generals and officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed,” the statement outlined.
The strike took place near the village of Shirokaya Dacha in Dnepropetrovsk Region. It hit a compound where commanders of several Ukrainian units had gathered for a meeting, according to Moscow.
The ministry added that Kalibr missiles were also used to destroy 10 M777 howitzers and up to 20 armored vehicles that were recently delivered from the West, and had been stored inside a factory building in the southern city of Nikolayev.
Poster Comment:
I heard from a Russian source that this was a message to Ukrainian leaders to stop targeting ethnic Russians with artillery strikes.
The Ukrainians were stupid to hold a meeting like this in a combat zone.
Nikolaev is the town that is the gateway to Odessa. Those weapons should have been in the field. Maybe the Ukrainians don't have enough trained specialists to operate their gifts from NATO.