Ukrainian adviser says preliminary operations for major offensive underway; explosions shake Kyiv; Russian threat to Nato countries could get worse if Putin is ousted, says RAF chiefSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage
Ukrainian adviser says preliminary operations for major offensive underway; explosions shake Kyiv; Russian threat to Nato countries could get worse if Putin is ousted, says RAF chiefPreliminary operations have begun to pave the way for a counteroffensive against Russian occupying forces, a Ukrainian presidential adviser has said.
, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said, adding that information was being clarified and defence systems were downing air targets. Klitschko said that at least one person had been killed and more injured in the night raids on Kyiv. Russian forces have temporarily eased their attacks on the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to regroup and strengthen their capabilities, a senior Kyiv official said on Saturday.
A construction worker has been killed near the Russian village of Plekhovo, a few kilometres from the border withafter shelling from the Ukrainian side, said Roman Starovoyt, the governor of the Kursk region. Ukraine has asked Germany to supply it with Taurus cruise missiles, an air-launched weapon with a range of 500 km , a spokesperson for the defence ministry in Berlin said on Saturday.
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