Russia has conducted an anti-ship missile test in the Sea of Japan: the Moscow Ministry of Defense announced this, as reported by international media.
The ministry said two naval units launched a simulated missile attack on a dummy enemy warship about 100 kilometers away. The target, he stressed, was successfully hit by two Moskit cruise missiles. The Moskit is a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile with conventional and nuclear warhead capabilities.
Explosions and fires broke out in Kiev last night, triggered by a Russian drone attack. This was announced by the local authorities, quoted by the Kyiv Independent. The military administration of the Ukrainian capital region has announced that it shot down all unmanned aerial vehicles used by the Moscow Armed Forces in the attack, which took place just after 10 p.m. local time (9 p.m. in Italy). The firefighters intervened in the Sviatoshynskyi and Obolonskyi districts of Kiev. According to Mayor Vitalii Klitschko, no casualties or injuries were reported.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has received its first British Challenger tanks and Germany has sent 18 Leopard tanks, promised two months ago, to Kiev to help defend against the Russian invasion. Moscow has announced that it will continue to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus and then directly threatens the US: “We have weapons capable of destroying any enemy,” said Secretary of the Russian Security Council Patrushev.
Putin: “Crossing all red lines with guns in Kiev”
Russian forces have abducted a total of 4,390 Ukrainian orphans with only one parent or without parental care, Ukraine’s Minister for the Reintegration of the Occupied Territories Irina Vereshchuk said on TV, as reported by RBC-Ukraine. Vereshchuk said the children are now in the occupied territories or in Russia and the Kiev government is collecting evidence of the kidnappings and illegal deportations to present to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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