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.
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