A huge barrage of missiles slammed into Kyiv and cities across Ukraine, raining down widespread and apparently indiscriminate destruction
connecting Russia to Crimea was seriously damaged by a large explosion. “This is an act of terrorism,” declared Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, a day later, blaming Ukraine’s intelligence services, though Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement. “Emotions have been triggered,” said the Russian-appointed governor of Crimea. “There is a healthy desire to seek revenge.” On October 10th it arrived. .
Many missiles fell nowhere near any plausible military target, suggesting that the projectiles were either inaccurate or the barrage was intended to be indiscriminate. Russia is thought to have used up a large proportion of its precision-guided missiles—as much as 70% of those in stock, according to a Western military source—and even those weapons have frequently missed their intended targets throughout the war.
Ukrainian air defences intercepted some of the incoming missiles. Ukraine claimed that at least 43 out of 83 missiles had been shot down—if true, an impressive rate of interception. Oleksiy Kuleba, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, asked residents not to photograph or film the landing sites of missiles, or damage to infrastructure, presumably to avoid helping Russia to establish which strikes got through and how accurate they were.
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