The Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) announced Monday that its forces executed a massive missile and drone barrage across Ukraine, which is clearly the expected big retaliatory response following Ukraine's large-scale drone wave attack on Moscow over the weekend.
Kremlin officials specifically described the new assault as indeed direct retaliation for"terrorist attacks"carried out by Kiev, which killed at least three in the Russian capital, injured dozens, hit a refinery, and unleashed havoc and fear among the population. The MoD said it targeted military and defense industrial sites, but Ukraine's account differed.
Ukrainian forces had deployed at least 130 UAVs during the capital-bound raid, and damaged a major regional airport. Large fires were spotted near major roadways, sometimes in the heart of busy city areas.
Russia's nighttime into early Monday retaliation has been expectedly fierce, as overnight it specifically targeted Odesa and Dnipro, leaving at least one person dead and over 30 injured. In the port city of Odesa, the drone strikes damaged residential buildings, a school, and a kindergarten, according to Ukrainian officials.
Ukrainian media chronicled some of thefollowing:
But Ukraine's cross-border drones have also continued unabated, astwo people were killed and two more were injured following a a Monday UAV attack on Russia's southern Belgorod region, local authorities said. Belgorod has come under regular attack since near the start of the war, given its southern-most location, close to the front-lines to the south in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Kremlin announced Monday that Moscow anticipates an eventual resumption of the Russia-Ukraine peace process, though it noted that negotiations are currently paused.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the statement in response to comments from President Trump, who on Friday suggested that a Russian missile strike hitting a Kiev residential building had delayed progress toward ending the four-year conflict.
Per theAssociated Press, "The death toll from a Russian missile attack that flattened a Kyiv apartment buildingrose Friday to 24, including three teenagers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said as he led the mourning for one of the deadliest attacks on the capital in the 4-year-old war."
Цієї ночі росія атакувала#Одесубезпілотниками: є постраждаліВнаслідок влучання виникла пожежі та руйнування в житлових будинках. Попередньо 2 постраждалих, з них - дитина. Пожежі ліквідовані.Від ДСНС залучалися понад 80 рятувальниківpic.twitter.com/hFM1dSqyei
Source: ZeroHedge News
