Buildings damaged in drone attack, Moscow mayor claims
The attack caused ‘insignificant damage’ to several buildings in the Russian capital.
The attack caused ‘insignificant damage’ to several buildings in the Russian capital.
Russian forces fired 11 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv at about 11.30am (8.30am GMT), according to Ukraine’s chief of staff Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
Local officials said it was the largest drone attack on the city since the start of the invasion.
It comes days after Yevgeny Prigozhin said troops from the Russian private military contractor had captured the ruined city.
Yevgeny Prigozhin also said the Kremlin’s forces have killed civilians during the war.
Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Russian troops shot down the drones overnight.
Ukrainian officials blamed the incident on Russian guerrilla groups bent on changes at the Kremlin.
Kyiv officials denied any link with the group and blamed the fighting on a revolt by disgruntled Russians against the Kremlin.
Raman Pratasevich made several confessional appearances on state television that critics claimed happened under duress.
Deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said that Ukrainian troops hold some areas in the city’s south-western outskirts.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has warned the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is ‘extremely vulnerable’.
The fog of war made it impossible to confirm the situation on the ground in the invasion’s longest battle.
Mr Zelensky said at the G7 summit in Hiroshima ‘Bakhmut is only in our hearts’.
The eight-month battle for the city in eastern Ukraine is the longest and probably most bloody of the conflict in Ukraine.
This claim was contradicted by Ukrainian officials.