7 minutes agoZelensky announces: We developed a long-range weapon.
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(3 years ago)Ukraine's president, Voldymyr Zelensky, said on August 31st that his country has developed a long-range weapon that hit a 700km-long target, in an apparent reference to the attack of an airport earlier day on the western part of Russia. Zelensky said on his channel [...]
Zelensky said on his channel on the Telegram platform that the weapon was produced by the Ukraine Strategic Industry Ministry, but did not provide further details.
A day earlier, a four-hour wave of fears, for which Moscow blamed Ukraine, hit an airport near Russia's border with Estonia and Latvia, damaging four military carriers Il-76, according to local reports.
The airport is located in Russia's Pskov region, about 700km north of the Ukrainian border. In total, six Russian regions were targeted.
The Associated Press news agency was unable to verify whether the fears were launched by Ukraine or from within Russia.
Kiev officials usually do not take responsibility, but neither do they deny responsibility for the attacks on Russian territory, although sometimes they refer to the attacks indirectly. Zelensky's latest statement was the most clear allegation that Ukraine stood behind an attack in Russia.
The August 30th attack forced the closure of Pskov Airport, though it reopened today, according to Russian transport officials.
Another fears caught at night near Moscow resulted in flying delays at several airports around the Russian capital, Russian officials said on August 31st. No injuries reported.
Russian news agency Interfax already reported that security services killed two people and arrested five members of a Ukrainian sabotager group in the Brynsk border region on August 30th.
The visible Ukrainian drives that reach deep in Russia and cross-border sabotage missions are part of Kiev's efforts to increase internal pressure on the Kremlin, militarily and politically. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian counteroffensive launched in June is advancing to some parts of the frontline, Kiev officials claim.
Ukraine is aiming to erode Russian morality and increase pressure on its commanders”, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said in an assessment.
The strategy is <x0th) it brings Russian forces to a turning point where fighting power and morality can start breaking up”, I said. ISS analysis published on August 30th evening. / REL
