The Russian president has accused Ukraine for years of committing “nuclear acts of terrorism”, including the attacks on the factory in Zaporizhzhya or in Donbas.
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The President of Russia, Vladimir Putinhas threatened with “harsh reaction” against Ukraine as “it continues with its terrorist acts”, after the Russian army carried out a “mass attack” on the Ukrainian capital Kiev and other cities following the explosion registered on Saturday on the Kerch Bridge, which connects the country to the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014.
For example, it has confirmed “a massive attack with precision and long-range weapons” at various points in Ukraine and indicated that they were carried out “at the suggestion of the Ministry of Defense”. Putin has said they have reached “energy facilities, military commands and communications facilities,” he said.
“If attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory continue, Russia’s responses will be harsh and… at a scale that matches the level of threats against the Russian Federation,” he said during a meeting with members of the Russian Security Council, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
Accuses Ukraine of ‘nuclear terrorism’
Similarly, it has labeled the attacks of the Ukrainian armed forces on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, under the control of Russian forces, as “nuclear terrorism”, and has denounced that the Ukrainian special services “perpetrated three terrorist attacks on the nuclear power plant of Ukraine”. Zaporizhzhya Kursk factory, in Russia.
Putin has stated that these “attacks” resulted in the cutting of three power lines and has defended that “the measures taken have repaired the damage as quickly as possible, without serious consequences,” as reported by the Interfax news agency.
“The Kiev regime has long used terrorist methods,” he stressed, before accusing Ukraine of “the murder of public figures, journalists and scientists, both in Ukraine and in Russia.” “There have been terrorist attacks in Donbas for more than eight years. There are acts of nuclear terrorism,” he said.
At least eight dead
Local authorities have so far confirmed the deaths of eight people in the Kiev attacks, while four people have died in Sloviansk and another in Zaporizhzhya. The bombings have reached other cities such as Lviv, Kharkov, Yitomir and Dnipro.
The attacks come hours after the Russian president accused Ukrainian secret services of Saturday’s “terrorist attack” on the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia to Crimea, rendering it partially useless and killing at least three.
The mayor of KievVitali Klitschko has denounced that “the capital is under attack by Russian terrorists”. “The projectiles have hit objects in the center of the city. The air raid siren and thus the threat continue,” he emphasized. “I ask all residents of the capital: Stay in the shelter during the alarm. If there is no urgent need, it is better not to go to the city today. I also ask residents of the suburbs not to go to the capital. Kiev power plants are blocked by authorities, rescue services are working,” he concluded.
This is the first time that the Ukrainian capital has been bombed since last month June-.
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