At Least 17 Killed As Russia, Ukraine Exchange Deadly Long-Range Strikes
Russia and Ukraine engaged in a series of deadly long-range strikes, resulting in at least 17 deaths. Ukraine targeted military-linked industrial sites deep within Russia, while Russian strikes hit civilian and frontline areas in Ukraine.
Why it matters
The intensification of long-range strikes marks a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict, with increasing civilian casualties.
At least 17 people were killed Friday in Russian and Ukrainian long-range strikes -- including just outside Kyiv and hundreds of miles east of Moscow -- as both sides intensify strikes with diplomacy in a deadlock.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian missile strike outside the Ukrainian capital killed six people, with a rescue operation ongoing and "dozens of people reported to be injured".Zelensky also said that Russian aerial bombing killed five people in the frontline city of Sloviansk.On the same day, Kyiv launched a wave of long-range drone and missile attacks on Russia.Moscow said an attack on a factory more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the front in the city of Kirov killed six people.Ukraine also attacked warehouses belonging to Russian online retail giant Wildberries outside Saint Petersburg -- targeting Russia's equivalent of Amazon for the third time this week.The strikes come as the four-and-a-half-year war has seen…
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