Russia unleashes biggest attacks in Ukraine in months, killing 14
Russia retaliated Oct. 10 for an attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its most widespread strikes against Ukraine in months, a lethal barrage that smashed civilian targets, knocked out power and water, shattered buildings and killed at least 14 people.
Ukraine’s Emergency Service said nearly 100 people were wounded in the attacks that Russia launched from the air, sea and land against at least 14 regions, from Lviv in the west to Kharkiv in the east.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces targeted key energy infrastructure and military command facilities with “precision weapons” in retaliation for what he claimed were Kyiv’s “terrorist” actions ? a reference to Ukraine’s attempts to repel Moscow’s invasion, including an Oct. 8 attack on a key bridge between Russia and the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
Putin has been under intense domestic pressure to take more aggressive action to stop a largely successful Ukrainian counteroffensive and to react forcefully to the attack on the bridge. (AP)
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