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An enormous fireball and mushroom cloud has erupted over a Ukrainian city following an attack on an ammunition silo.
Russia had reportedly sent 21 drones as part of the offensive and while 17 were shot down, four found their target in the western city of Khmelnytskyi.
Vladimir Putin appears to be targeting missile storage centres Ukraine as he braces for a Kyiv counter-offensive.
Meanwhile, Moscow was forced to admit yesterday that two of its senior commanders had been killed amid bitter fighting in the eastern city of Bakhmut.
The Russian Defence Ministry said Commander Vyacheslav Makarov of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade and Deputy Commander Yevgeny Brovko from a separate unit were killed trying to repel Ukrainian attacks.
An enormous fireball and mushroom cloud has erupted over the western city of Khmelnytskyi following an attack on ammunition silo
The Russian Defence Ministry Deputy Commander Yevgeny Brovko (first from the right) from a separate unit were killed trying to repel Ukrainian attacks
It said Makarov had been leading troops from the front line
