“There will be an answer to everything. The enemy will feel it,” assured the head of the administration of President Zelensky Andriy Yermak after the attack on the capital of Ukraine early Monday morning, forcing the population to seek refuge in shelters.
It is not known how many drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles hit Kyiv and its suburbs, only some of them were intercepted by Ukrainian air defense, but not all. Damage to residential buildings and other structures in Kyiv and neighboring regions has been recorded, which has not yet led to human casualties.
Moscow’s troops also attacked the city of Kharkov and its environs, namely the second largest industrial zone in the country. There are reports of explosions. A sports complex and a shopping center will be damaged. At least 50 people were injured, four of them in critical condition: two adults and two children. In the city of Sumy, a children’s rehabilitation center and an orphanage were damaged, 13 people were injured.
The attacks come as Zelensky seeks to ensure his allies can use long-range weapons on Russian soil.
Putin called Ukrainian military “thugs”
Vladimir Putin downplays the Ukrainian invasion of Russian territory, especially the Kursk region, ensuring that he is not preventing Moscow from making significant gains in Donetsk, but ensuring that Kyiv will not be left without a response. Calling Ukrainian soldiers “bandits,” the Russian leader says Moscow’s troops are recapturing territory and promises that the situation will be resolved. “We must deal with these bandits who have penetrated into Russian territory, into the Kursk region, and are trying to destabilize the situation in the border areas as a whole,” Putin threatened.
But news from the ground reveals a different reality. In the Belgorod region, adjacent to Kursk, the air force has been particularly active, bombing strategic targets as well as striking civilian targets such as homes and apartments. The goal of the Ukrainian invasion, according to Zelensky, is to serve as a bargaining chip in future peace talks.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine has the right to self-defense and that this right “is not limited to borders.”
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NATO warns of possible consequences if member countries start shooting down Russian missiles on the border with Ukraine.
Author: Paulo Joao Santos
Source: CM Jornal
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