“These areas have no military purpose,” said Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The assault killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens more.
Putin unleashed a fresh round of missile strikes against residential neighborhoods in Zaporizhzhia on Sunday. Before Monday’s strikes, Russian officials and other hard-liners were already demanding a brutal retaliation. President.” The Ukrainian government account was more brief, simply tweeting: “ sick burn. Ukrainian officials also publicly rejoiced at the blast, with Oleksiy Danilov, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council chief, tweeting a video of the bridge engulfed in flames while former actress Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. Kyiv, in turn, has not assumed responsibility, though a top official told the New York Times that Ukrainian forces planned the attack. Putin quickly blamed Kyiv, declaring that there was “ no doubt” that this was an act of terrorism perpetrated by Ukrainian forces. Already, he has come under mounting pressure as Ukrainian forces rapidly retake occupied territory, hundreds of thousands of military-age men rush to escape Russia, and a close ally reportedly challenges him over the war’s direction. The explosion, which reportedly killed three people, marked a humiliating symbolic and strategic setback to Putin. “The explosion will not permanently disrupt critical Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) to Crimea, but its aftermath is likely to increase friction in Russian logistics for some time,” ISW wrote. Severe damages could imperil Putin’s war effort -although the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said the blast would likely have more of a logistical impact. The 12-mile-long bridge-which Putin was heavily invested in constructing after the annexation of Crimea and which he once described as a “ miracle ”-was the only one connecting Russia to the Crimean Peninsula and served as a crucial supply transportation route to front-line Russian forces. Take care of yourself and your loved ones. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded by urging Ukrainians to take shelter: “They are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth. Russian strikes also targeted the Ukrainian cities of Lviv, Ternopil, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro. Ukrainian officials said at least eight people in Kyiv were killed. The missiles hit during the morning rush hour and appear to have struck near a number of civilian targets-including a popular park, a busy intersection, and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. On Monday morning, Russia retaliated by launching a barrage of missiles at central Kyiv, Ukraine ’s capital for the first time in months. Russian President Vladimir Putin suffered an embarrassing battlefield setback when a massive explosion rocked the symbolic Kerch Strait Bridge the day after his birthday, sending a section crashing into the sea and further undermining his already faltering military campaign.
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