Deputy Head of Russia's Security Council announces new strikes on Ukraine
IRYNA BALACHUK – MONDAY, 10 OCTOBER 2022, 14:36
Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Head of Russia’s Security Council, said that Russia is preparing new mass strikes on Ukraine’s cities.
Source: Dmitry Medvedev on Telegram, in a comment about missile strikes on Ukraine on 10 October
Quote by Medvedev: "The first act is over. There will be more."
Details: Medvedev repeated the Kremlin’s narratives regarding Ukraine’s allegedly "Nazi political regime", which "poses a constant, direct and clear threat to Russia".
"That is why, in addition to protecting our people and guarding the borders of our country, the aim of our future actions must be to fully dismantle Ukraine’s political regime," Medvedev stated.
Background:
- Several explosions rang out in the centre of Kyiv on the morning of 10 October, causing casualties and fatalities. Subway traffic on the red line has been suspended.
- Explosions also thundered in several other Ukrainian cities: Dnipro, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr and Lviv.
- Air-raid alarms sounded across all of Ukraine on the morning of 10 October. Russian forces carried out missile strikes on several cities in several Ukrainian oblasts.
- Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that Russia had launched 75 missiles on Ukraine within a few hours on the morning of 10 October, 41 of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defence.
- Aleksandr Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, announced that Russia and Belarus had agreed to deploy a joint regional force.
- The Operational Command Pivnich (North) reported that there have been no breakthroughs of the Ukrainian state border; Russia and Belarus have undertaken no offensive actions in northern Ukraine.
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