LVIV: Russian missiles hit two cities in central Ukraine early on Saturday, damaging infrastructure and residential buildings, the head of the Poltava region said.
“Poltava. A missile struck one of the infrastructure facilities overnight,” Dmitry Lunin wrote in an online post. “Kremenchuk. Many attacks on the city in the morning.”
Poltava city is the capital of the Poltava region, east of Kyiv, and Kremenchuk one of the area’s major cities.
There was no immediate information about possible casualties, Lunin said. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
Russia denies targeting civilians in the war that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched on Feb. 24, calling the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two “special military operation.”
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Russian missiles strike two central Ukraine cities — local official
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Russian missiles strike two central Ukraine cities — local official
- There was no immediate information about possible casualties
Russian mass strike on Ukraine a ‘test’ for Kyiv allies: Ukraine foreign minister
Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukraine said Friday that Russia’s overnight fatal drone and missile attack — including with the hypersonic Oreshnik missile — posed a threat to Europe and was a “test” for Kyiv’s allies.
“Such a strike close to (the) EU and NATO border is a grave threat to the security on the European continent and a test for the transatlantic community. We demand strong responses to Russia’s reckless actions,” Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga wrote on social media.
Moscow said it used the Oreshnik in response to a December drone strike on a residence of Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine has denied it was behind that attack and US President Donald Trump, who is pushing the two sides to agree to a peace deal, said he did not believe the strike happened.
“It is absurd that Russia attempts to justify this strike with the fake ‘Putin residence attack’ that never happened,” Sybiga added in his statement, describing the Russian version of events as Putin’s “hallucinations.”
The attack with the Oreshnik missile appeared to target “infrastructure facilities” in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, close to the border with EU and NATO member Poland.
“Such a strike close to (the) EU and NATO border is a grave threat to the security on the European continent and a test for the transatlantic community. We demand strong responses to Russia’s reckless actions,” Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga wrote on social media.
Moscow said it used the Oreshnik in response to a December drone strike on a residence of Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine has denied it was behind that attack and US President Donald Trump, who is pushing the two sides to agree to a peace deal, said he did not believe the strike happened.
“It is absurd that Russia attempts to justify this strike with the fake ‘Putin residence attack’ that never happened,” Sybiga added in his statement, describing the Russian version of events as Putin’s “hallucinations.”
The attack with the Oreshnik missile appeared to target “infrastructure facilities” in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, close to the border with EU and NATO member Poland.
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