Russia’s Defense Ministry says its forces have destroyed a US-made M777 howitzer gun which Kiev forces had used on a daily basis to shell the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant located in southeastern Ukraine.
“During the last 24 hours, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was shelled twice by Ukrainian troops with large-caliber artillery pieces. As a result of the shelling, four munitions exploded in the area of the oxygen and nitrogen station, and one more in the area of the special building No. 1, ” Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Defense Ministry, said at a daily briefing on Friday.
Konashenkov noted that the Russian units managed to pinpoint and destroy the position of the US-made howitzer used by Ukrainian forces, from where the nuclear power plant came under artillery gunfire.
The Russian ministry spokesman added that the howitzer had been positioned west of the town of Marganets in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.