Kyiv sent a barrage of missiles at Russia with a fire started at a military base hours after Vladimir Putin snubbed Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for face-to-face talks to end the war.
A massive Ukrainian drone strike has left a number of key Russian military sites up in flames, just hours after Vladimir Putin snubbed Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for face-to-face talks to end the war.
Kyiv launched a series of strikes at targets across Russia overnight on June 6, striking the St. Petersburg and Leningrad regions, hitting the historic Kronstadt Marine Plant and a naval ammunition depot in Lebyazhye.
The Kremlin dictator, 73, yesterday accused his adversary of “rudeness” in alluding to his “old age” in an open letter, following Zelensky also warning Putin of the risk of a coup to oust him if he fails to halt the war due to rising dissent in his ruling circle.
Putin — speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum — bluntly refused talks and instead issued a Stalin-style rallying call to his troops currently losing ground in the conflict.
“We should not address the author of this letter [Volodymyr Zelensky]….but rather our soldiers on the contact line,” said Putin. “The whole country is watching you; the whole country is proud of you and hoping for you. Work, brothers!” he told them.
But instead it was Russia that was massively on fire today after a barrage of Ukrainian strikes highlighting Kyiv’s growing confidence in taking the war to their enemy.
A vast naval ammunition depot at 81263 military unit at the 7082nd Technical Mine and Torpedo Base was ablaze and detonating in Leningrad region following a direct hit.
A major Category 1 alert over exploding “hazardous” explosives was issued with a lockdown ordered in St Petersburg.
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