The Russian Defense Ministry announced the targeting of military industrial facilities in Kyiv with long-range missiles launched from the sea, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow might use tactical nuclear weapons.

The mayor of Kyiv reported that explosions occurred in the outskirts of the capital, and that rescue teams and paramedics went to the sites of the explosions, and local media published pictures that showed night explosions believed to be due to the Russian strikes.

Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that the sirens sounded in Kyiv several times last night, but the bombing did not extend to the center of Kyiv.

Ukrainian accounts also quoted residents that a number of explosions were recorded in the Vasylkiv region, southwest of the capital.

The Russian Defense Ministry vowed to increase the number and scope of strikes on the Ukrainian capital if Ukraine continues to target the Russian border areas, as it put it.

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said his forces thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to bomb the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in Kherson.

In a press briefing, he confirmed the destruction of two Ukrainian Tochka air-to-air missiles fired by the Ukrainian army towards the station.

Also, on the ground, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said that Russia had used long-range bombers for the first time since the beginning of its military operation to attack the city of Mariupol, and that it was concentrating its efforts to seize the cities of Mariupol, Popasna and Robyzhny.

On the other hand, the governor of the city of Odessa stated that Ukrainian forces had shot down a Russian Orlan 10 drone. He added that a winged Russian missile - which was targeting one of the city's suburbs - burned in the air without hitting its target.


On the other hand, 5 people were killed and 15 wounded as a result of several rocket-propelled grenades falling on the city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, according to the city's governor.

The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office announced that at least 10 civilians were killed in the Russian army's bombing of civilian buses near the village of Borova, south of the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine.

The head of the Kharkiv Regional Administration expressed his belief that the main goal of the Russians is to strengthen their military presence in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, and to cut off the supply line of forces in the joint area of ​​operations.

He stressed that the Ukrainian forces are ready for any scenario, as he put it.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General also reported the killing of 200 children since the start of the war, and damage to 1,018 educational institutions, 95 of which were completely destroyed.

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Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova said that her country will destroy more Russian ships unless Moscow stops its war on Ukraine.

In an interview with CNN, the Ukrainian ambassador added that the cruiser "Moskva" was one of Russia's main ships in the Black Sea.

A senior official at the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) said that the Russian cruiser Moskva - which sank Thursday - was hit by two Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles, and he believed that there were casualties among the Russians on board the cruiser.

The Associated Press had quoted a senior US official as saying that the Russian ships - which were located in the north of the Black Sea - moved south after the cruiser Moskva caught fire.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the sinking of the "Moskva", the main ship of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, as a result of a fire that broke out in it.

She explained that the cruiser lost its balance due to the damage it sustained as a result of the fire.


As for the British Ministry of Defense, it said that with the sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva, Russia is currently suffering from the exposure of two key pieces of its navy to damage since the invasion of Ukraine, and it is likely that both events will lead Moscow to review its position in the Black Sea.

She added that Russia had recognized the sinking of the cruiser, which is considered a flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and played a key role as a command ship and an air defense base.

Meanwhile, senior Ukrainian officials in Washington and Kiev have told the Pentagon that they need anti-ship missiles and other coastal defense weapons.

They also asked, according to the "Washington Post" newspaper, the United States to help them open a new front to stop the Russian invasion.

The newspaper added that senior Pentagon officials requested - at a meeting on Wednesday - that contracting companies develop proposals for additional anti-ship missiles that the United States could provide to the Ukrainians or its allies.

It also quoted a senior Pentagon official as saying that the Ukrainian strike on the cruiser "Moskva" showed that Kyiv's requests for more of these weapons were valid.

On the other hand, the Washington Post revealed that Russia has sent an official two-page diplomatic note to the United States warning that shipments of highly sensitive weapons to Ukraine are fueling conflict and could lead to unpredictable consequences.

And the Washington Post quoted a senior official in the US administration, commenting on the memo - a copy of which the newspaper saw - that what the Russians say to the Americans in private is what Washington says to the world publicly, which is that the assistance provided to the Ukrainians proves to be extraordinarily effective, he said.

For his part, the Ukrainian president said that between 2,500 and 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed so far in the war with Russia, and 10,000 have been wounded.

In an interview with CNN, Zelensky warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin may resort to the use of tactical nuclear weapons because he does not value the lives of the Ukrainian people, as he put it.

Politically, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Russia does not see a connection between the negotiations and what is happening on the ground.

He added in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera that Russia may advance in negotiations only when it sees the results of the battle in the Donbass region.