Mushroom cloud rises as Russian missile blast Ukrainian shipyard

A HUGE mushroom cloud rises above Ukraine as Russian armed forces blast a Ukrainian shipyard, according to the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Russia claims to have hit Ukrainian forces with missile strikes, as this footage showing a large explosion purports to show.

The images were obtained from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Wednesday, 13th July, along with a statement which claimed (in English) that "High-precision air-based missiles destroyed over 350 AFU soldiers and 20 units of military equipment of Kakhovka task force reserve at a shipyard in Nikolaev city.

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