Zelenskiy: Russia Used Over 600 Guided Aerial Bombs to Attack Ukraine in Past Week

A Ukrainian serviceman checks a mortar during a military exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko
A Ukrainian serviceman checks a mortar during a military exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko
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Zelenskiy: Russia Used Over 600 Guided Aerial Bombs to Attack Ukraine in Past Week

A Ukrainian serviceman checks a mortar during a military exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko
A Ukrainian serviceman checks a mortar during a military exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russia had used more than 600 guided aerial bombs to attack his country in the past week.
"Russian combat aviation must be destroyed wherever it is, by all effective means. It is also quite fair to strike at Russian airfields. And we need this joint solution with our partners - a security solution," Zelenskiy said in a social media post.

Ukraine's military said on Saturday it had attacked Russia's Morozovsk airfield and a number of oil depots and fuel storage facilities in three Russian regions overnight.

The attack on the airfield hit an ammunition depot where Russian forces stored guided aerial bombs among other equipment, the military said.

The Ukrainian president has repeatedly called on his Western allies for permission to use their weapons for long-range attacks on Russia, in addition to striking military targets close to the border.

The attack on oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov regions set fire to at least two oil tanks, according to the Ukrainian military report.

In Russia, local officials reported that tanks at a fuel storage depot in the Kamensky district of Rostov region caught fire as a result of a drone attack.

The regional governor of Belgorod also said Ukraine-launched drones caused a fire at an oil storage depot there, adding that the fire was extinguished and no one was injured.
Ukraine has dramatically stepped up its use of long-range drones this year to attack Russian oil facilities, attempting to damage sites fueling Russian forces and the country's economy in Moscow's 29-month-old invasion.



US Navy Helicopter Crash Lands in Japan Rice Paddy

A serviceman jogs past a Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter onboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), flagship of the US Navy's 7th Fleet, at Changi Naval Base in Singapore May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A serviceman jogs past a Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter onboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), flagship of the US Navy's 7th Fleet, at Changi Naval Base in Singapore May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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US Navy Helicopter Crash Lands in Japan Rice Paddy

A serviceman jogs past a Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter onboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), flagship of the US Navy's 7th Fleet, at Changi Naval Base in Singapore May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A serviceman jogs past a Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter onboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), flagship of the US Navy's 7th Fleet, at Changi Naval Base in Singapore May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su

A US military helicopter crash landed in a rice paddy southwest of Tokyo with no injuries on Saturday, national broadcaster NHK reported.

There was no damage from the crash before 11 a.m. (0200 GMT) in Kanagawa prefecture neighboring the capital, NHK said. The helicopter, which had a crew of 12 and had Navy markings, took off again about 1 hour and 40 minutes later.

The US military blamed the incident on engine trouble but has not provided further explanation, the broadcaster said.

Calls to the US Navy in Japan seeking comment were not answered.