Russia claimed on Saturday night that it repelled an attack with ten Ukrainian missiles, resulting in two people injured by debris, directed against the city of Sevastopolon the annexed peninsula of Crimeadeclared its governor.
“Our military is repelling a massive attack on Sevastopol. According to the first data, more than ten missiles were intercepted“, indicated Mikhail Razvojaiev on Telegram.
A child and a woman were injured by debris from the downed missiles, which also damaged several residential buildings, he added.
Ukrainian army often attacks Crimeaannexed in 2014 by Moscow, with missiles and drones due to its logistical importance for the Russian forces occupying southern Ukraine.
In early January, the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), Kirilo Budanov, declared that Ukrainian attacks on Crimea would intensify. The border regions with Ukraine, especially Belgorodhave also been targeted in recent weeks by bombings or raids by fighters from Ukrainian territory.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday night that it intercepted 19 Ukrainian Vampir rockets over the Belgorod region.
Zelensky accuses Putin of wanting to blame Ukraine for the Moscow attack
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyaccused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Saturday of trying to “blame” Ukraine for the attack that killed more than 130 people in a Moscow concert hall on Friday.
“What happened yesterday in Moscow is obvious: Putin and the other bastards They try to blame others“of the attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State organization (IS), declared Zelensky, after Russian leaders mentioned the existence of a Ukrainian clue in the massacre.
“They always use the same methods”he added in his daily message.
In a television address, Putin assured that the four detained suspects “were heading to Ukraine where, according to preliminary data – from investigators – a ‘window’ had been prepared for them to cross the border.”
kyiv indignantly rejected the Russian leader’s claims, which come more than two years after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine.
“They come to Ukraine, burn our cities and try to blame Ukraine. They torture and rape our people and blame them. “They brought hundreds of thousands of their own terrorists here, to Ukrainian soil (…) and they don’t care about what happens in their own country,” Zelensky declared.
The Moscow attack is the deadliest in Russia in almost two decades and the deadliest in Europe claimed by IS.
Attack in Moscow: Vladimir Putin provided details about the arrest of the perpetrators and anticipated a “deserved punishment”
He President of Russia Vladimir Putingave a press conference after the violent attack in a concert hall in Moscow that left more than 100 dead after four individuals burst into shooting: “Everyone will receive a well-deserved and inevitable punishment.”
The president, who declared March 24 as “national day of mourning” He referred directly to the Russian people to explain the arrest of the perpetrators of the attack: “I speak to you today in relation to the bloody and savage terrorist act, whose victims were dozens of innocent and peaceful people.”
Along these lines, Putin noted that “All the authors, organizers and those who commissioned this crime will receive a well-deserved and inevitable punishment.whoever they are and regardless of whether they were sent.”
At least three people dressed in camouflage clothing broke into the Crocus City Hall concert hall this Friday, in Krasnogorsk, on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, opening fire on a crowd. The attack left 115 dead and more than 140 injured so far. He Kremlin, Furthermore, he reported the arrest of the four alleged perpetrators materials of the fact.
Putin provided further details and revealed that the four perpetrators were heading towards Ukraine. “The four perpetrators of the terrorist act who shot and killed people were arrested. They were traveling to Ukraine. We will identify and punish all those who were behind the terrorists who prepared the attack,” he noted.
He added: “Emergency services have found more bodies while removing the rubble. The death toll now stands at 143 people”.
The Islamic State, meanwhile, claimed responsibility for the terrorist crime hours after the incident. “Islamic State fighters attacked a large group of Christians in the city of Krasnogorskon the outskirts of the Russian capital, Moscow, and killed and injured hundreds of people and They caused extensive destruction there before safely retreating to their bases.”, reported the Amaq news agency.
Source: Ambito
