“The number and scale of rocket attacks on sites in Kyiv will increase in response to all terrorist attacks and sabotage carried out on Russian territory by the nationalist Kiev regime,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said, explaining that they on Thursday evening a surfacetoair missile factory near the Ukrainian capital.
These comments appear to herald a shift in strategy on the part of Russia, which, after failing to control Kyiv and its region, withdrew its troops and announced in late March that it would focus on eastern Ukraine.
On Thursday, governors of two Russian regions bordering Ukraine accused Kyiv of bombing two Russian cities, Klimovo and Spodariushino, injuring seven people.
At the first of the locations, the attack was carried out by helicopter, according to Russian sources, allegations denied by Ukraine. This Friday (15th), Konashenkov stated that one of the helicopters that carried out this attack was destroyed by Russian defenses on the way back to its base.