Ukraine’s defense ministry announced on Thursday that Kiev “does not rule out a deliberate provocation” by Russia “to embroil Belarus in its war,” after Minsk announced on Thursday that a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile had been shot down.
The ministry said in a statement that “the Ukrainian side does not rule out a deliberate provocation by the Russian terrorist state, which has traced this path for its cruise missiles with the aim of having them intercepted in the airspace above the territory of Belarus ,” expressing its “willingness” to participate in an investigation into the circumstances of this “accident”.
and fell Ukrainian air defensesOn Thursday, two missiles were fired on Kiev and more were tackled. Ukrainian authorities have also called on citizens to respect staying in shelters.
Ukrainian authorities said Russia fired dozens of missiles on Thursday morning, targeting the capital, Kiev, the northeastern city of Kharkiv and other cities, according to Reuters.
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba wrote on “Twitter”: boring barbarism. Those are the only words that come to mind when you see Russia launching another salvo of missiles on peaceful Ukrainian cities before the start of the new year.
And the Ukrainian military has announced that it has shot down 54 of the 69 missiles fired by Russia in an attack that began at 7 am local time.
Sirens sounded across the country and in Kiev for five hours, one of the longest periods since the start of the war.
