Russia launched cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea toward the Ukrainian city of Kyiv on Sunday, targeting a train car maintenance facility, the first such strike in weeks, according to Ukraine’s army and railway commander.
Dark smoke billowed into the sky above Kyiv’s suburbs. According to Mayor Vitaly Klitschko, at least one person was hospitalized, but no deaths were immediately recorded.
One Russian missile, most likely on route to Kyiv, flew “critically low” over a large nuclear power facility in the southern Mykolaiv area, according to state-run nuclear power operator Energoatom on Telegram.
Russia launched cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea toward the Ukrainian city of Kyiv on Sunday, targeting a train car maintenance facility, the first such strike in weeks, according to Ukraine’s army and railway commander.
Dark smoke billowed into the sky above Kyiv’s suburbs. According to Mayor Vitaly Klitschko, at least one person was hospitalized, but no deaths were immediately recorded.
One Russian missile, most likely on route to Kyiv, flew “critically low” over a large nuclear power facility in the southern Mykolaiv area, according to state-run nuclear power operator Energoatom on Telegram.
The Russian leader’s cryptic threat of military escalation did not specify what the new targets might be, but it comes just days after the US announced plans to provide Ukraine with US$ 700 million in security assistance, including four precision-guided, medium-range rocket systems, helicopters, Javelin anti-tank weapon systems, radars, tactical vehicles, spare parts, and more.
According to military analysts, Russia is trying to take control of the troubled eastern Donbas area, where Russia-backed rebels have been fighting the Ukrainian government for years, before any weaponry that may change the tide arrive.