Russia launched a rush-hour barrage of missiles toward Ukraine, killing at least one person, the day after Kyiv secured Western pledges of dozens of modern battlefield tanks.
Thomson ReutersPeople clean a destroyed residential area after a Russian rocket attack in Hlevakha, Kyiv region, on Thursday.Moscow reacted with fury to the German and American announcements, and has in the past responded to apparent Ukrainian successes with airstrikes that have left millions without light, heat or water.
In the Ukrainian capital, crowds of people took cover in underground metro stations. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said one person had been killed and two wounded when a missile hit non-residential buildings in the south of the city.Why new tanks for Ukraine could create a turning point in the warBreaking down what makes the tanks announced for Ukraine so significant in terms of their military force, and what kind of difference they could make in the war.
"There are constant statements from European capitals and Washington that the sending of various weapons systems to Ukraine, including tanks, in no way signifies the involvement of these countries or the alliance in hostilities in Ukraine," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. The United States has been wary of deploying the difficult-to-maintain Abrams but had to change tack to persuade Germany to send to Ukraine its more easily operated German-built Leopards.
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