kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian ballistic missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, kyiv, early Friday morning left at least one dead and nine wounded, according to officials, while Moscow said the operation was in response to a Ukrainian attack on Russian territory with weapons manufactured in the United States.
At least three loud explosions were heard in kyiv shortly before dawn. The missile debris caused damage and fires in three districts, the city administration said.
The attack left 630 residential buildings, 16 medical facilities and 30 schools and kindergartens without heat, he added.
The Russian Defense Ministry indicated that the attack was in response to a Ukrainian missile attack in the Rostov border region, which also occurred at dawn. In that operation, six projectiles from the US Army’s Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, and four Storm Shadows launched from the air and provided by the United Kingdom were used, he reported.
The use of Western-supplied weapons for attacks on Russian soil has angered the Kremlin. Ukraine fired several long-range missiles delivered by the United States at Russia for the first time on November 19, after Washington eased restrictions on their use.
In response to the Ukrainian operation on Friday, the Russian ministry explained that it carried out a group attack with “high-precision long-range weapons” on the command center of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency and another location where, it said, Ukraine’s Neptune missile systems are designed and produced.
The attack also targeted Ukrainian land-based cruise missile systems and US-made Patriot air defense systems.
“The objectives of the attack have been achieved. All objects have been hit,” the Ministry of Defense stated on Telegram.
These claims could not immediately be verified.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
This article was published by ASSOCIATED PRESS on 2024-12-20 09:09:00
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