Russia bombs a tank factory in the vicinity of Kyiv and British officials are on the Russian ban list

Moscow announced today, Saturday, the targeting of a tank factory in the vicinity of the capital, Kyiv, while the Russian Foreign Ministry said that it included British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the British foreign and defense ministers in the Russian ban list.

Russia bombs a tank factory in the vicinity of Kyiv and British officials are on the Russian ban list
16 April, 2022   08:36
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Russian bombing targeted a military factory that produces tanks in the vicinity of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, according to Agence France-Presse.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had targeted a military equipment factory in Kyiv, a day after Russian forces warned that they would intensify their attacks on the Ukrainian capital.

This comes after the Russian warship "Moskva" sank near the coast of the Black Sea, on Thursday.

According to Agence France-Presse, a large number of soldiers and policemen are deployed at the site, preventing access to the smoking compound. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said he had no information on casualties, according to the agency.

"Long-range and high-precision air-to-ground missiles destroyed the production buildings of a weapons factory in Kyiv," the ministry said in a statement on "Telegram".

In another context, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that it had included British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the British foreign and defense ministers on the list of those banned from entering its territory, according to what Russia Today reported.

In connection with the unprecedented hostile actions of the British government, which included imposing sanctions against senior officials of Russia, a decision was taken (in response to British sanctions against Russia) to include prominent members of the British government and a number of The political figures on the Russian ban list...the list includes names of British nationals who have been denied entry. They include Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Secretary of State Elizabeth Truss, and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace."

The list also includes the names of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Dominic Raab, Minister of Finance Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Priti Patel.

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