Another silo on fire as Russian missiles target Ukrainian grain

Another silo on fire as Russian missiles target Ukrainian grain

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In Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi region, firefighters scrambled to the scene of a Russian missile strike overnight Sunday where a grain silo was caught ablaze.

This was reported by the Khmelnytskyi Regional Military Administration, Ukrinform saw.

"This is how our heroes are standing, without weapons, against the fire that broke out as a result of an attack on Khmelnytskyi region. There was a fire at the silo in the Starokostyantinivka community," the post reads.

Earlier it was reported that on the evening of August 5 and overnight Sunday, August 6, Russian missiles and drones attacked objects across Khmelnytskyi region in three waves. A series of explosions were reported in the Starokostyantiniv and Khmelnytskyi communities.

Read also: Ukraine’s air defense units intercept 30 enemy cruise missiles, 27 Shahed drones

As a result of the enemy strike, a fire broke out in the corn waste warehouse on the silo premises in the Starokostyantiniv community. The fire was contained on an area of 1,400 square meters. A silo employee sustained injuries as a result of the strike.

As reported by the local administration, Ukraine’s air defense forces shot down most of the incoming air targets.

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