"On June 23, a warehouse with Storm Shadow cruise missiles was destroyed at a Ukrainian airbase near the village of Starokostyantyniv, Khmelnytsky region, in response to a strike on a road bridge over the Chongar Strait," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry added that over the past day Kiev lost more than 170 service people in unsuccessful offensive attempts in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
"The total losses of the enemy in these directions during the day amounted to more than 170 Ukrainian servicepeople, three tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, 12 armored fighting vehicles and three vehicles. A Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a French-made Cezar self-propelled artillery system, a US-made M777 artillery system, two Msta-B howitzers and one D-20 were also destroyed," the ministry said in a statement.
In early 2023, the Western media reported, citing Ukrainian defense sources, that the Ukrainian military is prepared to use the United Kingdom's long-range missiles, such as Storm Shadow, to hit Crimea if these are provided in military aid.