War in Ukraine: Massive Russian Cruise Missile Strikes from the Black and Caspian Seas

The Russian attacks continue at a steady pace on its 25th day war in Ukrainewith Moscow announcing that for the second day in a row he used ultrasonic missiles to hit targets, this time to destroy the fuel stock of the Ukrainian armed forces in the southern part of the country.

“Large stockpiles of fuel were destroyed by Kalibr Cruise missiles fired from the Caspian Sea, as well as ballistic missiles fired by the Kinzhal aeronautical system from Crimean airspace.”The Russian Defense Ministry said in a press release that it did not specify when the missiles were used.

The ministry said the strike took place in the Nikolaev district. According to his announcement, it was destroyed “The main source of fuel for the Ukrainian armor” which are developed in the southern part of the country.

“Kinzhal” ballistic missiles (“daggers” in Russian) and “Zircon” cruise missiles belong to a family of weapons developed in recent years in Russia and President Putin describes it as “invincible”, as according to Moscow it is impossible to deal with the air defense systems of its opponents.

Yesterday Saturday Moscow launches previous Kinzhal missile against target in Ukraine. If such a blow did occur, it is the first known use of this weapon system in real conditions, in war, after it was first tested in 2018.

Russia’s Defense Ministry also said that “High-precision” missiles hit Ukrainian special forces training center in Zhytomyr150 km west of Kiev.

“More than 100 members of the (Ukrainian) special forces and foreign mercenaries were killed” in this blow, assured the Russian Ministry of Defense.

It is impossible to verify this information independently, notes the French Agency.

Kyiv sees a great danger of attack through Belarus

Ukraine considers that it exists high risk of attack in the Volyn region, in the western part of the country, via Belarussaid today the office of President Volodymyr Zelensky, citing the armed forces.

War in Ukraine

The Russian invasion has focused mainly on the northern, southern and eastern regions of Ukraine, while last week rockets also hit the Yavoriv military base near the Polish border.

It was not immediately clear whether Ukraine considered there a threat of attack on Volyn by Russian forces or the Belarussian army.which so far has not formally deployed troops to support Russia.

Reports of five dead in Kharkov

At least five people were killed in Kharkovwhen it was hit by Russian artillery apartment building near an industrial area, according to local police.

According to a post by Kharkiv police on the social networking site Facebook, among the victims is a 9-year-old child.

Police uploaded photos of the building, which said it caught fire.

According to the municipal authority of the city of northeastern Ukraine, 266 civilians, including 15 children, have been killed since the Russian invasion began on February 24.

The city, which had a population of 1.5 million before the war broke out, has been under siege for weeks by Russian troops.

Seven humanitarian corridors open

Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Verestsuk said today seven humanitarian corridors will be opened to allow the evacuation of civilians from areas on the front lines of the conflict.

War in Ukraine

Ukraine has evacuated a total of 190,000 people from the battle fronts since the Russian invasion began on February 24, Verestsuk said yesterday. Ukraine and Russia blame each other for the difficulties in this process.

Source: News Beast

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