Putin, after the bombing of kyiv: “If the terrorist acts continue, the response will be tougher”

The Russian president has accused Ukraine of carrying out “nuclear terrorism acts” for years, among which he has cited the attacks on the Zaporizhia plant or in Donbas.

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The President of Russia, Vladimir Putinhas threatened a “hard response” against Ukraine if “it continues with its acts of terrorism”, after the Russian Army has carried out a “massive attack” against the Ukrainian capital, kyiv, and other cities after the explosion registered on Saturday on the Kerch bridge, which connects the country with the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014.

Thus, it has confirmed “a massive attack with high-precision and long-range weapons” against various points in Ukraine and has indicated that they have been carried out “at the suggestion of the Ministry of Defense.” Putin has said that they have reached “energy facilities, military commands and communications facilities”, he has detailed.

“If attempts to carry out terrorist attacks against our territory continue, Russia’s responses will be harsh and on a scale that will correspond to the level of threats against the Russian Federation,” he said during a meeting with members of the Russian Security Council, according to the Russian news agency TASS.

Accuses Ukraine of ‘nuclear terrorism’

Likewise, he has branded as “nuclear terrorism” the attacks by the Ukrainian forces against the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, under the control of Russian troops, and has denounced that the Ukrainian special services “have carried out three terrorist attacks against the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant Kursk, in Russia.

Putin has stated that these “attacks” have caused the cutting of three high-voltage lines and has defended that “with the measures adopted, the damage was eliminated as soon as possible, without serious consequences”, as reported by the agency of Interfax news.

“The kyiv regime has been using terrorist methods for a long time,” he stressed, before accusing Ukraine of “the murder of public figures, journalists and scientists, both in Ukraine and in Russia.” “There have been terrorist attacks in Donbas for more than eight years. There are acts of nuclear terrorism,” she said.

At least eight deaths

Local authorities have so far confirmed the death of eight people in the attacks on kyiv, while four have died in Sloviansk and another has died in Zaporizhia. The bombings have reached other cities such as Lviv, Kharkov, Yitomir and Dnipro.

The attacks come hours after the Russian president accused the Ukrainian secret services of the “terrorist attack” perpetrated on Saturday against the Kerch bridge, which connects Russia with the Crimean peninsula, which left it partially unusable and which resulted in al least three dead.

The Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has denounced that “the capital is under attack by Russian terrorists”. “The projectiles have hit objects in the center of the city. The air alert and therefore the threat continue,” he stressed. “I ask all residents of the capital: Stay in shelters during the alarm. If there is no urgent need, it is better not to go out into the city today. I also ask residents of the suburbs not to go to the capital. The streets kyiv power plants have been blocked by the authorities, the rescue services are working,” he concluded.

This is the first time that the Ukrainian capital has been bombed since last month June.