The Ukrainian capital, kyiv, was targeted at dawn on Wednesday by a combined Russian missile and drone attack.
The strikes come at a pivotal moment, as the Ukrainians are losing ground on the front and fear losing American support.
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For the first time in more than two months, Russia carried out coordinated attacks on kyiv. At dawn on Wednesday, Kremlin forces launched drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital. An operation carried out in a particular context, while the Ukrainian forces are giving ground on the front and the authorities fear losing the support of the United States with the election of Donald Trump to the White House.
If Moscow has considerably intensified drone raids on kyiv, almost daily since the beginning of October, this is the first time in more than two months that missiles have been fired at the same time. “Russian armed forces launched a combined missile and drone attack on kyiv. The first time in 73 days”, noted the military administration of the capital.
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On the Ukrainian side, a source within the security services (SBU) claimed to AFP the murder of a Russian officer in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow, as part of a “special operation” intended to “liquidate a war criminal”. This soldier, killed in the explosion of a car bomb, had “ordered the firing of cruise missiles from the Black Sea at civilian targets in Ukraine” and constituted “an absolutely legitimate target”, commented on this source.
This assassination is the latest in a series of Ukrainian attacks against Russian soldiers and figures supporting the Kremlin, both in occupied Ukrainian areas and inside Russia.
