Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened last year to strike central Kyiv with a hypersonic ballistic missile if Ukraine continued hitting Russian territory with long-range Western weapons.
US President-elect Donald Trump stated in an interview final month he was “very vehemently” against Ukraine utilizing the arms, which he stated have been “escalating” the battle.
Each Kyiv and Moscow have accused one another of deadly assaults on civilians because the 12 months started.
A Russian strike on a village in Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv area earlier on Saturday killed a 74-year-old man, regional governor Oleg Synegubov stated.
Russia’s defence ministry stated on Saturday it had captured the Ukrainian village of Nadiia, one of many few settlements within the jap Lugansk area nonetheless beneath Kyiv’s management.
Moscow superior by virtually 4,000 sq km in Ukraine in 2024, in response to an AFP evaluation, as Kyiv’s military struggled with continual manpower shortages and exhaustion.
