US Ambassador: Russia celebrates May 9 with new missile attacks on Ukrainian cities

Bridget Brink, the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, tweeted about this, Ukrinform reports.

“Ukraine, Europe, and the United States commemorated victory over tyranny yesterday. Russia marks May 9 with more missiles and drones launched toward Ukrainian cities and sleeping civilians” - Brink said.

As reported earlier, on the night of May 9, Russian troops launched 25 Kalibr and X-101/X-555 cruise missiles. 23 of them were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense.

During today's fifth air attack on Kyiv since the beginning of May, according to preliminary information, about a dozen enemy air targets were detected and destroyed in the airspace around Kyiv.