After 5-weeks Russian directed strikes hit on the outskirts of Kyiv. President Vladimir Putin claims that Russia hit longer-range missiles, due to be deployed on the battlefield.
Putin claims attack on tanks
On Sunday the Russian state Tass news claimed Russia destroyed armored vehicles and tanks donated to Ukraine by European countries.
Putin warns that Moscow will “strike new targets” if the West supplies long-range missiles to Ukraine. And he said that any arms deliveries to Kyiv were aimed at “prolonging the conflict”.
A video of the attack on the Darnitsa car repair plant in #Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/lbu4QlVA5k
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If Kyiv is supplied with long-range missiles, “we will draw the appropriate conclusions and use our arms…. to strike targets we haven’t hit before,” Putin was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying, without specifying which targets he meant.