The rate of strikes has more than doubled in the last two weeks, said the Ukrainian brigadier general of the armed forces.
Russia has been using inaccurate missiles from its old Soviet stockpile for more than 50 percent of its attacks on Ukraine, and the rate of strikes has more than doubled in the past two weeks, a brigadier general of Ukraine’s armed forces said on Thursday.
Russian missiles hit a number of targets in Ukraine in recent days, killing a civilian in an apartment building in Kyiv on Saturday and at least 18 other people in a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk on Monday.
Russia, which invaded Ukraine on February 24, denies targeting civilians and says it only affects military infrastructure.
Brigadier General Alexei Khromov said in a press conference that Russia was trying to hit military and other critical infrastructure but was using old, less accurate Soviet missiles, leading to significant civilian casualties. Khromov’s analysis differs from that of some Ukrainian politicians who accuse Russia of deliberately hitting civilians in order to sow panic.
“The targets of the enemy remain the military installations, the critical infrastructure and the industry, the transport networks. “At the same time, the civilian population is suffering significant losses due to unforeseen casualties,” Chromoff said.
“In its missile strikes, the enemy, in more than 50% of cases, uses missiles from Soviet stocks, which are not accurate. “As a result, political buildings are affected,” he explained.
According to Khromov, 202 rockets were fired at Ukraine in the second half of June, up from 120 in the first fortnight. According to his estimate, 68 civilian targets were hit in the second half of the month.
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