Russian overnight strikes hit a military facility in the region of Khmelnytsky in western Ukraine, the local administration said on Monday in a rare admission of military targets being struck.
Several explosions have rocked the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, according to officials, in the 15th Russian air attack on the city this month and the second overnight attack in a row.
Ukraine’s air force says it shot down 29 of 35 Russia-launched drones and 37 of 40 cruise missiles overnight.
Russia’s interior ministry has put US Senator Lindsey Graham on a wanted list, Russian media reports said, citing the ministry’s database.
Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office says 483 children have died due to Russia’s war
Ukraine’s General Prosecutor’s office says 483 children have died in Ukraine and more than 986 children have been injured due to Russia’s invasion of the country.
“From the total number of 1,469 dead and wounded, 462 causalties were reported in Donetsk Oblast, 278 in Kharkiv Oblast, 128 in Kyiv Oblast, 102 in Kherson Oblast, 91 in Zaporizhia Oblast, 89 in Mykolaiv Oblast, 72 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, 70 in Chernihiv Oblast and 67 Luhansk Oblast,” the Prosecutor’s office said in a message on Telegram.
“These numbers are not final. Work on their installation in places of hostilities, in temporarily occupied and liberated territories, continues,” the Prosecutor’s office added.
New air raid sirens and explosions reported in Kyiv
Sounds of explosions and air raid sirens have been reported in Kyiv.
“It’s all kicked off again. Mid morning crashes and explosions outside,” UK’s ambassador to Ukraine Dame Melinda Simmons said in a tweet.
Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko has also warned residents to stay in shelters.
Wagner chief ‘appears to have indirectly undermined’ Russia’s Putin: ISW
Russia’s paramilitary group Wagner’s chief Yevgheny Prigozhin “appears to have again indirectly undermined Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority and regime”, according to US-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
ISW’s assessment comes after Prigozhin told a journalist that he is convinced that senior Kremlin officials have banned reporting about him in state media.
The Wagner chief then spoke about an unnamed official and said “If you are starting a war, please have character, will, and steel balls – and only then you will be able to achieve something.”
“Prigozhin’s comments are likely targeted at Putin whom the Russian state media has routinely portrayed as a leader minutely involved with small infrastructure projects and the lives of ordinary Russian people,” ISW said.
Russia puts US Senator Graham on wanted list: Russian media
Russia’s interior ministry has put US Senator Lindsey Graham on a wanted list, Russian media have reported, citing the ministry’s database.
In an edited video released by the Ukrainian president’s office of Graham’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, Graham was shown saying “the Russians are dying” and then saying US support was the “best money we’ve ever spent”.
After Russia criticised the remarks, Ukraine released a full video of the meeting which showed the two remarks were not linked.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Sunday that it was opening a criminal investigation into Graham’s comments. It did not specify what crime he was suspected of.
Graham disputed Russian criticism of his support for Ukraine on Sunday, saying he had simply praised the spirit of Ukrainians in resisting a Russian invasion with assistance provided by Washington.
Ukraine says it shot down 37 Russian missiles, 29 drones
Ukraine shot down 37 Russian cruise missiles and 29 drones overnight, the army says, a day after the heaviest barrage on the Ukrainian capital since Moscow’s invasion.
Valery Zaluzhny, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, said on social media that a total of “up to 40 missiles” and “around 35 drones” had been launched, of which 37 and 29, respectively, were downed.
Russia hits military target in western Ukraine
Russia hit a military target in Ukraine’s western region of Khmelnytskyi in air strikes and rescuers are still working to contain fires, the regional governor has said.
“At the moment, work is continuing to contain fires in storage facilities for fuel and lubricants and munitions,” the Khmelnytskyi regional governor’s office wrote on the messaging app Telegram.
