The Russian president said Vladimir Putin Moscow launched the attack in response to Ukraine’s attacks on Russian territory using American medium-range Atakum missiles. He added that goals Russia Future “decision-making centers” may include Kyiv.
The Ukrainian president was accused Volodymyr Zelensky Russia carried out a “despicable escalation”, saying it had used cruise missiles equipped with cluster munitions.
Zelensky also said in his nightly video speech that he was speaking with Western leaders, including NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in order to determine a response to “Russia’s attempt to make the situation more unbearable and prolong the war.”
More than a million people were left without power following the attacks, while existing power outage schedules were intensified for millions more.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia used 91 missiles and 97 drones in today’s attack. He stated that 12 of them hit their targets, most of which were energy and fuel facilities.
