Depots packed with US-made shells and rockets in Ukraine have been hit by missile strikes, Russia claims Russian warships have destroyed stocks of US-supplied ammunition, by striking arms depots in Ukraine’s central Dnepropetrovsk Region with Kalibr cruise missiles, the defense ministry stated on Monday.

The foundations for the current Ukraine conflict were laid almost two decades ago In late June, after fierce fighting, the last remaining units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces pulled out of Severodonetsk, a large industrial center in the western part of the Lugansk People’s Republic.

Exports to the EU nation have reportedly been reduced due to maintenance work on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline Energy major Eni announced on Monday that Russia’s Gazprom had further reduced the supply of natural gas to Italy, as scheduled maintenance work begins on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.