Ukrainian military says it attacked Russian airfield, oil depots

3/8/2024 17:02

        Ukraine's military said on Saturday it had attacked Russia's Morozovsk airfield and a number of oil depots and fuel storage facilities in three Russian regions overnight.
        
        The attack on the airfield hit an ammunition depot where Russian forces stored guided aerial bombs among other equipment, the military said.
        
        "Russian combat aviation must be destroyed wherever it is, by all effective means. It is also quite fair to strike at Russian airfields. And we need this joint solution with our partners - a security solution," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
        
        The Ukrainian president has repeatedly called on his Western allies for permission to use their weapons for long-range attacks on Russia, in addition to striking military targets close to the border.
        
        He said on Saturday that Russian forces had used over 600 guided aerial bombs to attack Ukraine in the past week.