Russians use Soviet artillery to attack Ukraine

Russian forces are resorting to using Soviet-era artillery to carry out attacks in Ukraine.

Missiles hit a residential building and a kindergarten in central Kiev on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five more.

A missile from the 1960s was used in the attack on the shopping center in Kremenchuk on Monday (27), in which at least 16 people were killed and another 59 were injured.

The armament used is an X22 cruise missile, which has a range of 2,500 kilometers. Its accuracy to hit the targets depends on an old on-board computer, associated with a radar and a data basic, which don’t work as precisely as the western ones.

According to the analyst of International CNN Lourival Sant’Anna, it is difficult to know President Vladimir Putin’s strategy when carrying out the attacks close to the G7 meeting in Germany. But that has brought about an increase in NATO’s aggressiveness towards Russia.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told that meeting that the attack showed the “depth of the cruelty and barbarism” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the UK’s PA news agency reported. “This terrible attack has shown once again the depths of cruelty and barbarism into which the Russian leader will sink,” he said.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba said on social media that “Russia is a disgrace to humanity and must face the consequences. The answer must be more heavy weapons for Ukraine, more sanctions for Russia and more companies leaving Russia.”

These questions were on the table at the summit in Germany. The G7 pledged to continue supporting Ukraine “for as long as necessary” in a joint statement, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told CNN this Monday that he would not “bet on Russia” winning the war.

The United States plans to announce later this week that it has purchased an advanced medium-to-long-range surface-to-air missile defense system for Ukraine, a source familiar with the matter said. CNN .