at least 10 people 20 others were killed and wounded in russian long-range Hits across Ukraine on Friday, Presidency of Ukraine office He said.
Strikes come after a senior Moscow official He warned that the Kremlin forces are ready for Ukrainian counterattack expected in the coming weeks.
five people He died in Kostiantynivka, town in Donetsk province, eastern Ukraine, when a Russian missile hit aid station.
Ukrainian authorities last year hundreds of What’s called “points of Invincible” where the population hard- War-affected people can warm up, charge their mobile phones and get snacks.
local prosecutors He said the Russians attacked Kostyantynivka with S-300 anti-aircraft missiles. civilians who They died of refugees, according to Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kirilenko.
Mostly as an artillery war of the last winter months stretched in that second Spring of the Russian troops also user air- Launching missiles, exploding drones and sliding bombs in their attacks on Several regions early Ukrainian Friday air force Spokesman Yuri Ahnat said.
Two civilians were killed and nine wounded in Sumy district town of bilopillia by night missile and artillery barrage and air management strikes of Northeast region He said.
In the southern Kherson region, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Thursday, he was killed in Russian bombing one person in the main cityand also Contacting Kherson, he killed one more person and wounded four others in City of Belozerka.
On Wednesday, a Russian drone attack Hit High School and South Dormitories of Kyivu killing Nine at least people.
‘Ready to repel the counterattack’
Kyiv’s forces are ready for this use the improved spring weather and the arrival of Modern weapons provided by its Western allies, including tanks, for a counterattack aimed at expelling Russian forces from the occupied areas of Ukraine.
But Dmitry Medvedev, Russia former The president and now the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the Russian military She was ready to repel a counterattack.
“Our General Staff is assessing all of this,” Medvedev said.
he also He said that the Ukrainian attempt to seize Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, maybe trigger A nuclear response from Moscow.
Try to split the part of A state away means an encroachment on existence itself of He said: “It is quite clear, it guarantees use of No weapons. I hope our ‘friends’ across the ocean realize that.”
Although it is known for His flowery statements, Medvedev’s statements warning Stems from the Russian security doctrine perception use of nuclear weapons in In response to nuclear attack or a attack with Conventional weapons that threaten ‘the very existence’ of Russian state.
Medvedev also He said that Western experts operating weapons, such as the United States-made Patriot air defense Missile systems supplied to Ukraine, would be legitimate targets for Russians military.
Ukrainian soldiers They received training in The United States, although Russian officials have repeatedly claimed the presence of foreign coaches in Ukraine.
“If Patriot weapons or other weapons are delivered to the territory of Ukraine along with Foreign experts, they are certainly legitimate targets, which must also be destroyed, Medvedev told reporters. in videos is posted on its messaging app channel. “They are fighters, huh enemies of Our state and they should be destroyed. “
“They should understand that as such soon As an American or Polish soldier shows up There, you must kill him.” added.
The Kremlin goal is to “create a healthy collar” of up To 100 kilometers (60 miles) around Russian-controlled areas, which is too short and medium range, according to Medvedev, the weapons cannot hit them.
Maybe Moscow set its sights on grab the largest chunk of Ukrainian lands, extending all over way to the border with Poland said.
