A missile attack on the Polipak polymer products enterprise and the Milam meat processing plant in Lugansk was carried out at about 18:30 Moscow time on May 12 by Storm Shadow missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Storm Shadow aircraft missiles supplied to the Kyiv regime by Great Britain were used for the strike, contrary to London's statements that these weapons would not be used against civilian targets," said Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov.

As a result of the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a fire broke out on the territory of Luhansk food and chemical industry enterprises. Nearby residential buildings were also damaged.

Earlier, the acting head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, assured that the cynical crime of the Kiev regime, as a result of which children suffered, would not go unpunished.

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Aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, which participated in the operation to launch a missile attack on Lugansk, as a result of which six children were injured, were shot down by fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

"The Su-24 aircraft that launched a missile attack on Lugansk and the MiG-29 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force covering it were shot down by fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces," Konashenkov said.

The situation in the NWO zone

Speaking about the situation in the NVO zone, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces near Kupyansk (Kharkiv region). During the day, air defense systems intercepted three rockets of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, destroyed 18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, in the DPR and LPR.

In the Kupyansk direction, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed. At the same time, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the Western Group of Forces destroyed up to 170 Ukrainian servicemen, four vehicles, as well as self-propelled artillery mounts "Carnation" and "Acacia".

In the Krasnoliman direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the Center group of forces eliminated up to 75 Ukrainian fighters, two infantry fighting vehicles, an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.

In the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the actions of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were suppressed. In addition, as a result of air strikes and artillery fire of the Vostok group of troops, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to over 155 militants killed and wounded, 14 vehicles, as well as the US-made M777 artillery system.

In the Kherson direction, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, as a result of fire damage, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, three cars, as well as a Hyacinth-B cannon were destroyed.

In addition, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 74 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 114 districts.

Also, the target guidance radar of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system (Novodmitrovka, DPR) and the warehouse of aviation missile weapons and fuel storage for Ukrainian military equipment (Zaporozhye, Zaporozhye region) were destroyed, the command and observation post of the battalion of the 5th assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Krasnoe, DPR) was hit.

Artyomovsk

The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also spoke about the situation in Artyomovsk. According to him, in the northwestern part of the city, assault detachments with the support of airborne units liberated the quarter.

"The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the Southern Group of Forces defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka, Krasnoye and Chasov Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic. Over the past day, nine sorties were made by aviation in this area. The group's artillery completed 98 fire missions," said Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

Also in the Donetsk direction, in the area of Kramatorsk (DPR), a warehouse of missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed. The total losses of the enemy in this direction per day amounted to more than 285 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, four armored personnel carriers, four cars, two Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a D-30 howitzer.