A Ukrainian missile and aircraft strike hit a chemical plant critical to Russia's military machine, according to Kyiv, days after its efforts to get a U.S. pledge for Tomahawk long-range missiles faltered.

Ukraine’s armed forces said Storm Shadow missiles had evaded Russia’s air defenses and struck the site in Bryansk which produces gunpowder, explosives and rocket components.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities said a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack across Ukraine overnight killed at least six people and injured more than 20 in the Kyiv region.

These strikes follow last week's meeting between Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky and President Donald Trump , who did not pledge Tomahawk long-range missiles for Kyiv's war efforts as had been previously teased.

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