Zelenskiy says Ukraine's military hit key Russian missile plant in Bryansk region


KYIV, March 10 (Reuters) - President ⁠Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine's military struck a key plant ⁠in Russia's Bryansk region bordering Ukraine on Tuesday that produces ‌components for missiles .

Ukraine's military said British Storm Shadow missiles were deployed against the Kremniy bfactory and posted a video which it said showed explosions and a ​fire at the plant. It said the ⁠facility produced critical missile ⁠components.

"Our fighters struck one of the important Russian military factories in Bryansk," ⁠Zelenskiy ‌said in his nightly video address, referring to a report from top Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi.

"The plant produced ⁠electronics and components for Russian missiles. The very ​missiles that strike ‌our cities, our villages and civilians," he said.

The governor of ⁠Bryansk region, ​Alexander Bogomaz, said on Telegram that six civilians were killed and 37 injured and posted a video showing him at the scene.

Bogomaz made ⁠no mention of the plant in what ​he described as a "terrorist missile attack". The injured were being treated in hospital.

The Ukrainian military's general staff, posting on Telegram, described the plant ⁠as "a critically important link in the chain of production of Russian high precision weapons" producing semiconductor devices and integrated micro chips.

"The target was hit and significant damage to production facilities was recorded," ​the General Staff said. "The extent of the ⁠damage is being clarified."

The video posted on Telegram shows aerial images of ​a series of explosions and large ‌fires over a large area near ​woods.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; Writing by Max Hunder; Editing by Alexandra Hudson and Ron Popeski; Editing by Alistair Bell)

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