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Russia vows to increase attacks on kyiv after losing its flagship in the Black Sea

2022-04-15T12:48:25.367Z


The Kremlin sent a diplomatic note to the United States this week warning that its arms shipments to Ukraine were "adding fuel" to the conflict in that country and could bring "unpredictable consequences."


A day after Russia suffered a major blow with the loss of its flagship in the Black Sea, its Defense Ministry vowed to intensify missile strikes against the Ukrainian capital in response to alleged "Ukrainian military diversions into Russian territory." ”.

The threat to intensify attacks on kyiv came after Russian authorities accused Ukraine of launching airstrikes on residential buildings in Bryansk, a region bordering Ukraine, in which seven people were injured.

Authorities in another Russian border region also reported Ukrainian shelling on Thursday.

“The number and scale of missile attacks on objects in Kiev will increase

in response to the commission by the nationalist regime in Kiev of any attack of a terrorist nature or sabotage on Russian territory,” the Defense Ministry spokesman said on Friday. of Russia, Igor Konashenkov.

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If such attempts continue, Konashenkov noted, "the Russian Armed Forces will launch attacks against decision-making centers, including in kyiv, from which the Russian Army has so far refrained."

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It is not the only threat.

This week Russia sent a formal diplomatic note to the United States in which it warned that its "most sensitive" arms shipments to Ukraine, and those of NATO, were "adding fuel" to the conflict in that country and could bring

"unpredictable consequences"

. , as reported by The Washington Post.

The warning comes after President Joe Biden approved a new $800 million package that includes better long-range artillery systems.

Zinaida Makishaiva, 82, recounts how she was treated by Russian soldiers, in Borodyanka, kyiv region, Ukraine, on April 11, 2022. The missiles hit her house and destroyed her chicken coop.

"The doors were blown up. I took the chickens because I needed something to eat. I had nothing except potatoes, just that. There is no water, no gas, nothing," she Makishaiva said.

ZOHRA BENSEMRA/REUTERS

This morning the anti-aircraft sirens were activated in the capital.

According to the Ministry of Defense,

the Russian Armed Forces launched Kalibr missiles from the sea at a military installation on the outskirts of Kiev.

Two weeks ago, Russian troops withdrew from the kyiv region, Chernihiv and Sumy.

According to Konashenkov, the attack took place against the “Vizar” machine-building plant in Vyshneve, 10 miles from the center of the capital, which was “destroyed”.

The military spokesman indicated that these workshops produced and repaired long-range and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as anti-ship missiles.

A heavy blow to Russia

The Russian Defense Ministry acknowledged that the warship Moskva had sunk on Thursday, but said the ship had been damaged by fire and had ultimately sunk while being towed in "stormy sea" conditions.

Ukrainian authorities claimed that the ship had been hit by a missile attack from them.

Russia's symbolic defeat comes as its forces prepare for a

major offensive in eastern Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised his country for his determination during 50 days of war, but said it had become clear that

the Donbas region was now Russia's "main target".

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After seven weeks of fighting, the fierce battle continues in Mariupol, with the director of the United Nations World Food Program warning that the tens of thousands of people still trapped in the besieged port city in the south-east of the country are

"dying of hunger”

by not having access to water, food, medicine and other basic supplies.

Nine humanitarian corridors will open in the country this Friday,

Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.

Residents of Mariupol will be able to evacuate to Zaporizhzhia using their own means of transport.

The announcement comes after no brokers were open on Wednesday.

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The International Red Cross also launched the largest cash assistance program in its history to help more than two million people in Ukraine and those who have fled the country.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) noted this Friday on its Telegram channel that interceptions of Russian telephone conversations confirm that "Russia itself shot at the village of Klimov [in Bryansk] allegedly, according to the conversation, to " provoke” Ukraine.

With information from

NBC News

, AP, Efe and

The Washington Post.

Source: telemundo

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