Ukraine under fire: Russia appears to have retaliated after a violent detonation partially destroyed the prestigious Crimean bridge on Saturday morning. According to official figures, 75 rockets fell on Monday morning in various cities in the country, including the capital Kyiv. 41 of them were shot down by the Ukrainian air defenses, said the adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, Mykhailo Podoliak, in a video on his channel in the news service Telegram. After numerous defeats in its war against Ukraine, Russia is showing that it is finished. “These are the death spasms of a wounded animal,” he said.

The attacks on the centers of Ukrainian cities have once again shown the “terrorist nature of the Russian regime”. “The masks have fallen: This is targeted mass killing of civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.” The Russian army has no idea how to fight on the battlefield, so it shoots at people with rockets. In addition to the capital Kyiv, many other major cities in the country were also hit by rocket attacks.

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