Russia claims that the meat-processing facility and a polymer manufacturing business were struck by the long-range Storm Shadow missiles.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, two industrial sites in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk—which is occupied by Russia—were targeted by Ukrainian aircraft using British-made Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles.
The UK was the first nation to announce on Thursday that it has begun supplying Kyiv with long-range cruise missiles, enabling it to target Russian troops and supply depots hundreds of metres behind the front lines as it gets ready to launch a significant counteroffensive.
Ben Wallace, the British defence minister, said that he had guarantees from Kiev that the missiles would not be used to attack targets inside Russia's internationally recognised boundaries when he claimed that they may be deployed inside Ukrainian territory.
The Russian ministry reported on Saturday that the missiles had struck a business in Luhansk that processed meat and a company that made polymers on Friday.
"Contrary to London's statements that these weapons would not be used against civilian targets, Storm Shadow air-to-air missiles supplied to the Kyiv regime were used for the strike," the ministry stated.
Additionally, it claimed that two Ukrainian jets, a MiG-29 and a Su-24, had been shot down by Russia.
The government also said that another block in the eastern city of Bakhmut, which Moscow has been battling to take over for more than ten months in an attritional artillery fight, has been taken by Russian forces.
According to the report, "the units of the Airborne Forces supported the assault units and pinned the enemy on the flanks."
The Wagner private militia, which has been leading the attack on Bakhmut at enormous human cost, is referred to as "assault units" by the ministry frequently.
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