Russia launched a huge wave of missile strikes across Ukraine while people slept on Thursday, killing at least six civilians.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.“I heard a very loud explosion, very loud. We quickly jumped out of bed and saw one car on fire. Then the other cars caught on fire as well. The glass shattered on the balconies and windows,” said Liudmyla, 58, holding a toddler in her arms.
Ukrainian officials said it was the first time they had faced so many kinzhal missiles, which Ukraine has no way to shoot down. Russia is believed to have just a few dozen kinzhals, which fly many times faster than the speed of sound and which President Vladimir Putin touts as a weapon for which NATO has no answer.Article content
“The specialists at the plant are working quite professionally, the automation has started up,” said Renat Karchaa, adviser to the CEO of Russian state nuclear power operator Rosenergoatom. “There is no threat or danger of a nuclear incident.”Advertisement 6“Each time we are rolling a dice. And if we allow this to continue time after time then one day our luck will run out,” Grossi told the IAEA’s 35-nation Board of Governors.
Moscow says it is strategically important as a step to securing the surrounding Donbas region, a major war aim. The West says the ruined city has little value and Russian generals are sacrificing lives to give Putin his only victory since sending hundreds of thousands of reservists into battle at the end of last year.
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