Russia claims it destroyed tanks delivered by Ukraine’s allies during a “high-precision” missile attack on the outskirts of Kieu.
The military commander said that during a long-range attack, air-dropped weapons exploded on a T-72 and other armored vehicles shipped by an Eastern European neighbor stored at a car repair company in a rice field.
Ukraine denied this claim, claiming that the rocket collided with a tankless train repair shop.
However, the first aerial bombardment of the capital since April 28, visited by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, shattered a sense of relative calm in President Volodymyr Zelensky and his government-based city.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air raid sirens sounded during explosions in the eastern Darnitsky and Dniprovsk districts yesterday morning.
He said no deaths were reported, but one was injured.
Police and soldiers blocked nearby roads as smoke billowed from the warehouse and a pungent smell filled the air.
Russian President Vladimirputin’s army also continued to operate in eastern Ukraine, launching rockets and airstrikes in the Luhansk region.
“Air strikes were carried out by Ka-52 helicopters in the Girske and Mirna Dolina areas and by Su-25 planes in Ustinivka,” Gov. Serhi Haidai said, and Lisichansky was hit by Tochka-U ballistic missiles.
Another airstrike took place in the eastern city of Kramatorsk. Mayor Alexander Goncharenko said no one was killed.
Ukrainian troops accused Russia of using phosphorus shells in Kharkiv and said Moscow continues to target civilian infrastructure.
The Russians are now said to control the eastern region of Severodonetsk, one of two major cities remaining in Lugansk.
Putin’s army is focusing on harassing Ukrainian troops to “block the main logistics routes”, the army has warned.
Meanwhile, a Russian agent associated with the murder of former spy Alexander Litvinenko in London has died in Covid.
Dmitry Kovtun, 57, was one of two British accusations of polonium poisoning in 2006 during an operation “probably approved” by Vladimir Putin.
Kovtun’s death was announced in Moscow by his co-proclaimed Andrei Lugovoi, now a Russian deputy. The Kremlin and both suspects have always denied his involvement.
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