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This photo taken from video released by the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service on May 21, 2024, shows a Russian Army multiple rocket launcher firing rockets in an undisclosed location in Ukraine
RUSSIAN missiles killed at least seven civilians in Ukraine’s second-largest city early today as Kiev’s army struggled to hold off an intense cross-border offensive by the Kremlin’s larger and better-equipped forces.
At least 16 people were injured as S-300 missiles struck Kharkiv, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. The sound of 15 explosions reverberated around the city of some one million people, which lies in the north-east about 12 miles from the Russian border.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again expressed frustration at not receiving enough air defence systems from the West.
MARK HAZELDEN criticises the Western narrative that the incident was an escalation of Russia’s confrontation with the West, given that Belarus, a Russian ally, warned Poland of off-course drones, and the drones were unarmed, cheap wooden decoys
