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Moscow calls upcoming ‘systematic strikes’ on Ukrainian capital a response to Kyiv’s recent attack in Luhansk.

Russia has warned it plans to launch a “series of systematic strikes” on defence industrial facilities in Kyiv, and urged foreign citizens to leave the Ukrainian capital.

In a statement, the Ministry of Defence said the strikes are in response to a Ukrainian drone attack last week that struck a student dorm in Starobilsk in the occupied Luhansk region, killing at least 18 people.

Ukraine has raised its drone warfare capabilities in recent months, and has seen significant success in striking Russian targets, energy infrastructure in particular. Moscow, which launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour four years ago and claims four of Ukraine’s eastern regions as its own, has branded those attacks as “terrorism” and responded with large missile and drone launches.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said in Monday’s statement that the strike on Starobilsk signalled “the last straw” and that Russia will launch a systematic series of strikes in response, which will target “specific sites where UAVs are designed, manufactured, programmed, and prepared for use”.

Noting that such facilities “are scattered throughout Kyiv,” the statement said it was warning “foreign citizens, including personnel of diplomatic missions and international organisations, to leave the city as soon as possible”.

It also urged Kyiv residents to avoid approaching military and administrative infrastructure facilities”, the statement read.

A later statement issued by the foreign ministry said that Foreign Minister ⁠Sergei Lavrov had ⁠advised US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of the plan and urged him to evacuate US embassy staff from Kyiv.

Lavrov reportedly told Rubio by telephone that the move was initiated “in response to the continuing terrorist attacks by ⁠the Kyiv regime ⁠against the peaceful population and civilian sites on Russian territory.”

sleek214:
Ukraine should hit back too

Wizardslayer:
USA and Israel killed the ayatollah and other Iranian top brass in less than a week.

Russia in the other hand hasn't killed any top ranking Ukrainian political and military officer in more than four years and counting.

Mattswaggz:
Mr comedian don't want to face the reality that he used his own hands to dash Russia the most resource rich parts of Ukraine to Russia and neither can those who pushed him save him nor bring those territories back......yet he still has the audacity to be targeting Russia's energy infrastructures and schools k*lling innocent civilians.... he's gonna learn the hard way.

Mattswaggz:
It was never their targets......their goal was to stop Ukraine from ever joining NATO and to liberate the donbas region and all have been achieved so far.......regime change is dependent on Ukrainian to decide....taking out the comedian wouldn't guarantee that.

franchasofficia:
Shameless Russia.

Ordinary Ukraine..


Honestly if this war was between Iran and Russia, Putin would have fled to China by now because Iran would have leveled Russia with long range ballistic missiles which Ukraine haven't sent one to Russia and Russia is still feeling miserable and helpless.


In the world today, the strongest nations by military might are:


USA
China
Israel
Iran before their war with Israel/America
Russia
France
Germany
Japan
India
UK
Pakistan

tpben:
See this one. That singular act of killing Ukrainian top officials would have flipped the script in Favour of Russia.

Did Russia not call for fresh election to replace Zelensky?

Ukraine no even get 5% of Iran's firepower yet Russia is still stuck. Same people will undermine USA for fighting against one of the best military in the world

AngelicBeing:
I vehemently disagree with your list because IRAN is the most powerful nation on earth at the moment, lran captured 7000 US WARSHIP in the recent war

Iran also Captured 50,000 American troops, 500 Jet fighters, and lran seized 900 Trillion US dollars few days ago and as at today, Donald Olawale Ibrahim Musa Azikiwe Trump PBUH SAW was arrested and currently in an underground cell in Iran

All this news above according to zombies on Nairaland ooooooooo mucheche Hahaha oturugbeke hahaha 😂

Ben4sure97:
He who brings an ant-infested firewood home should be ready to entertain lizards to a feast.

Ukraine goofed big this time and there must be a recompense.

I just hope the foreigners and innocent citizens will not be victims of this announced attack.

In all, may peace reign in our world.

redcliff:
the useless man dey bomb refineries dey happy. i dont pity zelensky at all..

Mccullum:
Almost all Ukrainians I met were tired of this war, they're blaming Zelesky for it, they said he's using the war to sustain power longer and also enriching himself and his associates.