Russia hammers Ukraine’s 2 largest cities with hypersonic missiles

Ukraine’s greatest cities, the capital Kyiv and Kharkiv within the northeast, have been bombarded by Russian missiles in a single day, killing 4 folks and wounding practically 100, Ukrainian officers mentioned Tuesday. The assault got here after each Russia and Ukraine carried out main aerial assaults towards each other in latest days.

Folks crowded into subway stations for shelter throughout Monday’s assault as Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missiles slammed into the Ukrainian cities, the Related Press reported. Particles from the Russian assault hit condo buildings, supermarkets and warehouses in Kyiv, chopping energy to elements of town, in line with CBS Information companion community BBC Information.

Russia’s Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles can journey 10 instances the velocity of sound, making them a lot more durable to detect and destroy earlier than impression. They’re costly, and Russia not often makes use of them in Ukraine on account of their restricted inventory, the AP reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Tuesday that Russia had launched “nearly 100 missiles of assorted varieties” towards Ukrainian targets, and that no less than 70 had been shot down.

“Russia will reply for each life taken away,” Zelenskyy mentioned.

Neighboring Poland mentioned it was activating two pairs of F-16 fighter jets and an allied tanker in response to Russia’s assault on Ukraine, “with the intention to make sure the safety of Polish airspace.”

Final week, Russia performed a big aerial bombardment of Ukraine, killing no less than 41 civilians, in line with the AP. The next day, Ukraine shelled the Russian border metropolis of Belgorod, killing no less than 25 folks. It was the deadliest assault on Russian soil since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the AP reported.

“They wish to intimidate us and create uncertainty inside our nation,” Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned Monday of the Belgorod assault. “We’ll intensify strikes. Not a single crime towards our civilian inhabitants will go unpunished.”

Haley Ott

Haley Ott is cbsnews.com’s international reporter, based mostly within the CBS Information London bureau. Haley joined the cbsnews.com staff in 2018, previous to which she labored for retailers together with Al Jazeera, Monocle, and Vice Information.