Kyiv/Brussels: Russian missile More than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns swelled on Thursday after a UN General Assembly resolution, officials said, called the Ukrainian territory of Moscow “illegal” and that Ukraine’s allies have offered more military aid.
Russia reiterated its position that the West had helped Ukraine by indicating that “they are direct parties to the conflict” and warned that Ukraine’s entry into NATO could trigger World War III.
“Kyiv is well aware that such a move would mean a guaranteed third world war,” Alexander Venediktov, deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, told the state TASS news agency on Thursday.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said Russian missiles hit more than 40 settlements in the past 24 hours, while Ukraine’s air force carried out 32 strikes on 25 Russian targets.
The mayor of the port city of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Senkevich, said in a social media post that the southern city had been subjected to “massive shelling”.
“A five-storey residential building was damaged, two upper floors completely destroyed, the rest under rubble. Rescue teams are working at the spot,” he said.
A shipbuilding center and a port on the southern Bug River off the Black Sea, Mykolaiv has faced heavy Russian bombardment throughout the war.
Russia also targeted a settlement in the region of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv using explosive drones early Thursday, the region’s administration said on the Telegram messaging app.
The governor of the Kyiv region, Oleksiy Kuleba, said that based on preliminary information, the attacks were caused by Iranian-produced stray weapons. These are often referred to as “kamikaze drones”.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, said critical infrastructure had been hit by drones.
Missiles hit more than 30 multi-storey and private homes, gas pipelines and power lines in the city of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and more than 2,000 families were left without electricity, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Valentin Reznichenko wrote on Telegram. .
Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the report.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia’s missile strikes were a sign of weakness. “Russia is really losing on the battlefield,” Stoltenberg said.
Since his army has lost ground since September, the Russian President Vladimir Putin It has intensified conflict, ordered hundreds of thousands of reservists, declared annexation of occupied Ukrainian territory and repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia.
Putin has threatened to use nuclear weapons to defend Russian soil, which he says includes four areas he declared last month.
us President Joe Biden On Wednesday he said he doubted Putin would resort to nuclear weapons. A senior NATO official said the Russian nuclear strike would certainly trigger a “physical response” from Ukraine’s allies and potentially NATO.
UN condemnation of Russia
In New York, three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly – 143 countries – voted on Wednesday in favor of a resolution condemning Russia’s “attempt to illegally annex” four partially occupied territories in Ukraine.
Only four countries joined Russia in voting against the resolution – Syria, Nicaragua, North Korea and Belarus. Thirty-five countries, including Russia’s strategic partner China, abstained from voting, while the rest did not.
Moscow in September announced its annexation of four regions partially occupied by Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and zapsorizia After staged it is called referendum.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Twitter that he was “grateful to the 143 states that supported the historic #UNGA resolution … (Russia’s) merger effort is futile.”
In Brussels, on the heels of heavy retaliatory strikes this week by Russian President Vladimir Putin in response to an explosion on a bridge in Crimea, more than 50 Western countries have called on more military aid to Ukraine, especially air defense weapons. Had a meeting.
The Allies’ pledge includes an announcement by France that it will deliver radar and air defense systems to Ukraine in the coming weeks. Britain promised air defense missiles, and Canada said it would provide rounds of artillery among other supplies.
At the Ukraine Defense Liaison Group meeting in Brussels, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Russia’s latest attacks exposed its “maliciousness and cruelty” since invading Ukraine on February 24. At least 26 people have been killed since Monday in Russian missile strikes across Ukraine.
He said Ukraine had changed momentum since September with extraordinary gains, but would need more help. “…we’re going to do everything we can to make sure they have what they need to be effective,” Austin told reporters.
Since Monday’s attacks, Germany has sent the first of four IRIS-T SLM air defense systems, while Washington said it would expedite delivery of the promised NASAMS air defense system.
“The more aid Ukraine gets now, the sooner we will end the Russian war,” Zelensky said via video on a forum during the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington.
Russia’s UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzia told the General Assembly before the vote that the resolution was “politicized and openly provocative”, adding that it could “destroy” efforts to reach a diplomatic solution.
Russia reiterated its position that the West had helped Ukraine by indicating that “they are direct parties to the conflict” and warned that Ukraine’s entry into NATO could trigger World War III.
“Kyiv is well aware that such a move would mean a guaranteed third world war,” Alexander Venediktov, deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, told the state TASS news agency on Thursday.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said Russian missiles hit more than 40 settlements in the past 24 hours, while Ukraine’s air force carried out 32 strikes on 25 Russian targets.
The mayor of the port city of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Senkevich, said in a social media post that the southern city had been subjected to “massive shelling”.
“A five-storey residential building was damaged, two upper floors completely destroyed, the rest under rubble. Rescue teams are working at the spot,” he said.
A shipbuilding center and a port on the southern Bug River off the Black Sea, Mykolaiv has faced heavy Russian bombardment throughout the war.
Russia also targeted a settlement in the region of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv using explosive drones early Thursday, the region’s administration said on the Telegram messaging app.
The governor of the Kyiv region, Oleksiy Kuleba, said that based on preliminary information, the attacks were caused by Iranian-produced stray weapons. These are often referred to as “kamikaze drones”.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, said critical infrastructure had been hit by drones.
Missiles hit more than 30 multi-storey and private homes, gas pipelines and power lines in the city of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and more than 2,000 families were left without electricity, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Valentin Reznichenko wrote on Telegram. .
Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the report.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia’s missile strikes were a sign of weakness. “Russia is really losing on the battlefield,” Stoltenberg said.
Since his army has lost ground since September, the Russian President Vladimir Putin It has intensified conflict, ordered hundreds of thousands of reservists, declared annexation of occupied Ukrainian territory and repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia.
Putin has threatened to use nuclear weapons to defend Russian soil, which he says includes four areas he declared last month.
us President Joe Biden On Wednesday he said he doubted Putin would resort to nuclear weapons. A senior NATO official said the Russian nuclear strike would certainly trigger a “physical response” from Ukraine’s allies and potentially NATO.
UN condemnation of Russia
In New York, three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly – 143 countries – voted on Wednesday in favor of a resolution condemning Russia’s “attempt to illegally annex” four partially occupied territories in Ukraine.
Only four countries joined Russia in voting against the resolution – Syria, Nicaragua, North Korea and Belarus. Thirty-five countries, including Russia’s strategic partner China, abstained from voting, while the rest did not.
Moscow in September announced its annexation of four regions partially occupied by Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and zapsorizia After staged it is called referendum.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Twitter that he was “grateful to the 143 states that supported the historic #UNGA resolution … (Russia’s) merger effort is futile.”
In Brussels, on the heels of heavy retaliatory strikes this week by Russian President Vladimir Putin in response to an explosion on a bridge in Crimea, more than 50 Western countries have called on more military aid to Ukraine, especially air defense weapons. Had a meeting.
The Allies’ pledge includes an announcement by France that it will deliver radar and air defense systems to Ukraine in the coming weeks. Britain promised air defense missiles, and Canada said it would provide rounds of artillery among other supplies.
At the Ukraine Defense Liaison Group meeting in Brussels, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Russia’s latest attacks exposed its “maliciousness and cruelty” since invading Ukraine on February 24. At least 26 people have been killed since Monday in Russian missile strikes across Ukraine.
He said Ukraine had changed momentum since September with extraordinary gains, but would need more help. “…we’re going to do everything we can to make sure they have what they need to be effective,” Austin told reporters.
Since Monday’s attacks, Germany has sent the first of four IRIS-T SLM air defense systems, while Washington said it would expedite delivery of the promised NASAMS air defense system.
“The more aid Ukraine gets now, the sooner we will end the Russian war,” Zelensky said via video on a forum during the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington.
Russia’s UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzia told the General Assembly before the vote that the resolution was “politicized and openly provocative”, adding that it could “destroy” efforts to reach a diplomatic solution.