Moment Russian missile hits pedestrian bridge in Kyiv
Russian troops are “entering Belarus by the trainload”, according to reports, after Moscow ally Alexander Lukashenko ordered his forces on a joint deployment to Ukraine’s northern border in what Minsk called a defensive measure.
The Belarusian leader, a close friend of Vladimir Putin’s, claimed yesterday that he was making the move as his country was under threat from a plot being hatched in Kyiv at the urging of Western powers.
His accusation was likely unfounded and designed to justify a greater role in the conflict for Belarus, which has facilitated Russian movements but refrained from sending troops to fight.
Jason Jay Smart, reporter for the Kyiv Post, said a Belarusian source told him hours after Mr Lukashenko’s statement that “Russian soldiers are entering Belarus by the trainload. They’re traveling in cattle cars – just a huge quantity.”
Air raid sirens rang across Ukraine this morning in anticipation of a second day of missile strikes by a resurgent Russia.
Bombs rained on Zaporizhzhia around dawn, hitting a school, a medical facility and a car dealership, according to local officials.
