Russia said it had struck overnight what it said was a factory in Kyiv that made and repaired anti\u002Dship missiles
Russia said it had struck overnight what it said was a factory in Kyiv that made and repaired anti-ship missiles, in apparent retaliation for the sinking of the Moskva, the flagship of Moscow’s Black Sea fleet, on Thursday.
Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov, has seen the worst fighting of the war. Home to 400,000 people before Russia’s invasion, the city has been reduced to rubble in seven weeks of siege and bombardment. Thousands of civilians have died and tens of thousands are still trapped in the city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy recently made a direct appeal to U.S. President Joe Biden for the United States to designate Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism,” the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing people familiar with their conversation.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.A White House spokesperson declined to respond specifically to the report, adding, “We will continue to consider all options to increase the pressure on Putin.
Motuzyanyk called Russia’s loss of the Moskva significant. But he said he was not authorized to give information on the factory near Kyiv, which Moscow said its missiles had struck.
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