Ukraine Attacks Two Russian Ammunition Depots In Luhansk

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JAKARTA - Ukraine uses long-range drones to attack two Russian ammunition depots in the occupied Luhansk region.

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) said the ammunition warehouse was in Bilokurakyne village. According to Ukraine, the warehouse location is located on an important railway line used to supply ammunition from Russia to the front lines, particularly towards Pokrovsk.

Pokrovsk is an important city in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, southwest of Luhansk, which the Kremlin has been eyeing for more than a year and has been a hotspot of fighting for months.

"According to preliminary data, the drones attacked the warehouses at least seven times," SBU said in a statement reported by CNN, Tuesday, August 19.

"SBU continues to attack the back of the enemy to reduce the offensive capabilities of the Russian army on the front lines. The destruction of enemy ammunition directly helps our army, who bravely withstand Russian attacks," he continued.

It was previously reported that Russia launched attacks with 270 drones and 10 missiles overnight in one of its biggest attacks this month. This attack comes amid Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's request for the United States to guarantee the security of its country.

Reported by Reuters, Tuesday, August 19, the Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have brought down 230 drones and six missiles. The military recorded Russian attacks on 16 locations with four missiles and 40 drones.

At the White House on Tuesday morning WIB, US President DonaldTrump told Zelenskyy the US would help ensure Ukraine's security in any deal to end the war with Russia there, although it was not clear what assistance would be provided.

Trump made the promise at an extraordinary summit at the White House, where he hosted President Zelenskyy and a number of European ally leaders, after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week in Alaska.

Those accompanying President Zelenskyy were European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.