Russia guaranteed this Sunday to have destroyed armored tanks supplied to Ukraine by Eastern European countries with air strikes on kyivthe first of the last few weeks in the Ukrainian capital.
“High-precision, long-range missiles fired by the Russian aerospace forces on the outskirts of kyiv destroyed T-72 tanks supplied by Eastern European countries and other armored vehicles that were in hangars,” the Defense Ministry spokesman said. Russian, Igor Konashenkov.
The mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, had already said this morning that several explosions had shaken the city. “Several explosions in the Darnytsky and Dniprovsky districts of the city. Firefighters are putting out the flames, ”he wrote in a message posted on the Telegram platform.
Ukraine: Several explosions in kyiv, says the mayor
The deployment of Russian cruise missiles destroyed five weeks of calm in the Ukrainian capital, hitting various infrastructure such as train stations. Authorities said one person was hospitalized with injuries..
kyiv has not suffered any attack since the visit of the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, on April 28. The morning attack set off air strike alarms and showed that Russia still has the ability and the will to reach the heart of Ukraine, despite abandoning its broader offensive in recent weeks to focus its efforts in the east of the Ukraine. country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made, in an interview broadcast this Sunday on Russian television, a veiled threat to Western countries that supply weapons to Ukraine, saying that the Russia to attack new targets if West supplies Ukraine with long-range missilesespecially since current arms deliveries are aimed at “prolonging the conflict”.
If kyiv receives long-range rockets, he added, Moscow “will draw the appropriate conclusions and use means of destruction, which we have in abundance, to attack targets we have not yet reached.” It was unclear whether Putin was referring to new targets inside or outside Ukraine’s borders..
Source: Observadora
