Civilians pay price for Kremlin’s failings as Russia steps up psychological warfare 🇺🇦 Dozens of missiles hit Ukraine’s capital and other cities, striking a playground, office blocks, and power plants in apparent retaliation for an attack on Crimea
In a televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the strikes had targeted “energy, military, and communication infrastructure.” He implied they were a response to the attack on Kerch Bridge in Crimea on Saturday, and threatened a “harsh response” to further “acts of terrorism.”
Damage from the strikes left several cities without power. Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal said that 11 infrastructure sites had been hit across the country. Photos circulated showing power plants in Kyiv and Lviv on fire. Germany reported that its consulate in Kyiv had been struck by a missile. Foreign diplomats stationed at embassies in the city were being evacuated, the Kyiv Post reported.Ukrainian officials sent a message of defiance as President Zelensky called for a G7 meeting following the attack. “Beaten by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the battlefield, coward Putin responds with terror against peaceful Ukrainian cities and civilians,” the government’s official account tweeted. “We will not waver.
Defence consultant, Konrad Muzyka, said the strikes were an escalation of an existing strategy. “As Russia cannot influence the frontline it is resorting to strikes against civilian targets,” he told. “This has been happening for months already but on a much smaller scale and near frontline areas.”“Probably the key motivation to demonstrate capability if not the intent to obliterate Kyiv,” said Professor Sergey Radchenko of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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