UK defence ministry says recent attack on Kyiv likely attempt to disrupt western arms

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Britain's Ministry of Defence claimed that the Russian missile attack on Kyiv on Sunday (June 5) could have been an attempt to disrupt the supplies of Western arms and military equipment to Ukraine. For the first time in more than a month, Russia struck Ukraine's capital with missiles.

In the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war, the European allies supplied weapons to Kyiv such as drones, Howitzer heavy artillery, anti-aircraft Stinger and anti-tank Javelin missiles.

The supplies have angered Russia and despite the constant warnings by Moscow, the Ukrainian deputy defence minister Ganna Malyar on Sunday (June 5) said that the war-torn nation needs continued military support from Western countries until it defeated Russian forces.

"We have already entered into a protracted war and we will need constant support. The West must understand that its help cannot be a one-time thing, but something that continues until our victory," Malyar said as quoted by the news agency AFP.

Meanwhile, the report released by the UK Ministry of Defence suggested that Russia has apparently targeted the Western military equipment provided to the frontline Ukrainian units.

The report read: "In the early hours of 5 June, Russian Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles struck rail infrastructure in Kyiv, likely in an attempt disrupt the supply of western military equipment to frontline Ukrainian units."

"In the Donbas, heavy fighting continues in the contested town of Sievierodonetsk and Russian forces continue to push towards Sloviansk as part of their attempted encirclement of Ukrainian forces," the report added.

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