The Russian Defense Ministry said today that its missiles destroyed the largest remaining military fuel depot outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

"On the night of March 24, high-precision Kalibr cruise missiles deployed at sea hit a fuel base in the village of Kalynivka near Kyiv," the ministerial note advances.

The ministry said it was Ukraine's largest remaining military fuel depot, which fed troops in the central part of the country.

The announcement comes on the 29th day of what Moscow has designated as a "special military operation" in Ukraine.

Since the beginning of Moscow's military action in Ukraine, Russian troops have destroyed more than 260 drones, more than 1,580 tanks and other armored vehicles, and 204 anti-aircraft weapons systems, the ministry said.

Although Ukrainian forces have stopped the initial Russian invasion and even launched some successful counterattacks, there are early signs that both sides are entering a long and bloody war that neither can win easily.