Smoke rises within the sky over town after a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 29, 2023. (REUTERS File Photo)
Ukraine‘s navy intelligence company HUR confirmed a Russian missile strike targetted its headquarters. The assault came about on the finish of May, however “neither achieved the desired nor the announced goal,” the company’s spokesman Andriy Yusov stated on Ukrainian tv on Wednesday.
The missile strike was reported by Russian President Vladimir Putin, amongst others.
The Russian management repeatedly threatened to launch strikes in opposition to Ukraine’s “decision-making centres” ever since beginning its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
The first details about an assault on the HUR headquarters emerged on May 29. At the time, witnesses reported explosions on Kiev’s Rybalskyi Island within the Dnipro.
Kiev didn’t difficulty an official assertion on the time. Even now, Yusov didn’t touch upon the results of the assault, saying he would accomplish that solely after the struggle is over.
Some Russian media reported that Kyrylo Budanov, the top of Ukraine’s navy intelligence service, had additionally been injured within the shelling.
After weeks of silence, Budanov reappeared on Ukrainian tv for the primary time on Tuesday. He didn’t seem to have suffered any seen accidents.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
