Russian “President” Vladimir Putin promised revenge for Ukraine’s “terrorist” actions over the weekend, including the explosion of the bridge connecting Russia to Crimea.
Russia pummeled Ukraine with at least 75 missiles on Monday morning, hitting Kyiv and Lviv.The capital Kyiv was pounded by at least six missiles and the urban centers of Dnipro, Zaporizhziia, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnitskyi, Ternopil, Lviv and Zhytomyr also were hit.
At least three waves of cruise missiles detonated across the country between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., during morning rush hour. The attacks came two days after a spectacular Ukrainian strike against the logistically-critical Kerch Strait bridge, connecting Russia-occupied Crimean peninsula with the Russian mainland.
Valery Zaluzhny, commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , in a statement said that Russia fired at least 75 cruise missiles in the morning strikes, of which the AFU units shot down 41. As of 11 a.m., the attacks were continuing, he said.President Putin has said Moscow will respond harshly to the attack on the bridge in Crimea. In televised remarks he said:
“A massive strike with long-range high-precision weapons, from air, sea and land against energy infrastructure, communications and military targets was carried out this morning at the suggestion of the Defence Ministry and the General Staff.” “Should the attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory persist, Russia’s response will be tough and its scale will be proportionate to the level of threats posed against Russia.”He referred to recurrent shelling of the nuclear power station in Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia and said a Russian nuclear power station in the region border Ukraine has also been targeted three times in recent months.
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