The Ministry of Defense of Russia said on Wednesday that it did not attack Kyiv during the “massive attack” carried out yesterday on several cities of Ukraine, “Meduzasi Novaya Gazeta” reports.

“We emphasize that high-precision strikes were carried out only on targets located on the territory of Ukraine and at a maximum distance of 35 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Polish border,” said the press release of the Ministry of Defense in Moscow.

“All the launched missiles accurately hit the intended targets. All installations have been defused,” he adds.

The military command in Moscow claims that “all the destruction in residential areas of the Ukrainian capital, demonstrated by the Kyiv regime, is a direct consequence of the fall and self-destruction of foreign-made anti-aircraft missiles launched by Ukrainian forces. air systems”.

Russian armed forces continued their attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

On Tuesday, Russia launched a new missile attack on several regions of Ukraine, killing at least one person. Half of Kyiv residents were left without electricity after the strikes.

In general, more than 7 million Ukrainian homes were left without electricity due to rocket attacks by the Russian armed forces.

Air defense systems have become operational in the area of ​​the cities of Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Vinytsia, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Odesa and Cherkasy. Local residents also reported strikes in the city of Kharkiv, where the subway was closed.

The Russian Defense Ministry also said on Wednesday that Russian defense industry “experts” identified the remains of a missile that fell a day ago in Poland as belonging to the Ukrainian S-300 system.

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