Ukraine's military says it has struck one of Russia's main explosives factory as well as an oil terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea.

"Numerous explosions" were reported after the strike at the Y M Sverdlov plant in Dzerzhinsk, which makes explosives for ammunition for Russia's armed forces, the Ukrainian general staff said in a statement.

The attacks were carried out as part of a strategy to reduce Russia ' s "offensive potential, as well as its missile and bomb capabilities", the general staff said.

It added that the plant was one of Moscow's largest producers of explosives, which are used in a wide variety of ammunition for Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces, including aviation and artillery shells, fighter jet bombs, anti-tank guided missiles and warheads for air def

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