Putin’s relentless assault intensifies as Russia hits Kyiv with ballistic missiles
Kremlin says it was a revenge strike for Kyiv's attack on a military plant in Rostov 2 days ago.
KYIV — The Russian armed forces attacked Kyiv with five ballistic missiles in the early hours of Friday, the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement as images showed significant damage to the capital.
“In a combat air defense shot down all five ballistic missiles that Russian criminals had directed at Kyiv. Unfortunately, fragments of the downed missiles caused damage and destruction in five districts of the capital. There are dead and wounded,” the air force said.
Russia also fired missiles and 60 drones overnight at Ukrainian cities in the Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Chernihiv regions, and in Kherson, where Russians tried to break through Ukrainian defenses around the Dnipro River but failed, Kherson’s military administration said in a statement.
In Kyiv, debris from the Russian missiles killed one person and injured 10 in four districts, the city’s military administration said in a statement.
A Russian hacking group on Thursday also attacked Ukraine’s digital critical infrastructure, as Russian ruler Vladimir Putin’s all-out assault shows no sign of slowing down.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed the strike on Kyiv was “a response” to Ukraine’s missile attack on a plant that produces fuel for Russian Iskander missiles in the Rostov region on Wednesday.
Several dozen residential buildings, a Catholic cathedral and a business center in Kyiv were severely damaged by the Russian attack. More than 600 buildings lost heating after the strike.
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