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Russia warned US of “unpredictable consequences” if weapons shipments to Ukraine continue, sources say
A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in southern Ukraine steered that Russian missile assaults within the south since Thursday evening had been in retaliation for the sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva.
Natalia Humeniuk mentioned the assault had “affected not solely [Russia’s] ships, but additionally the enemy’s imperial ambitions.”
She informed a media briefing Friday that after the assault on the Moskva, “all of us notice that we’ll not be forgiven.”
Ukraine mentioned two of its anti-ship missiles hit the Moskva, whereas the Kremlin has mentioned solely {that a} fireplace on board led to the eventual capsizing of the flagship of its Black Sea fleet.
Humeniuk mentioned that “when the ammunition detonated, that confirmed they’d been loaded sufficient to maintain destroying Ukraine. …The impression led to the detonation of ammunition, they began struggling for survival.”
“We noticed different ships attempt to assist the cruiser, however even the character was on Ukraine’s aspect, as a result of the storm didn’t permit to hold out both a rescue operation or evacuate personnel,” she continued.
Humeniuk referenced Russian missile assaults within the south since Thursday evening after the Moskva assault.
“At the moment there may be an assault in Mykolaiv. We see that that is once more using cluster munitions prohibited by worldwide conventions,” she mentioned.
A CNN workforce in Mykolaiv Friday heard a number of rounds of explosions within the morning between 10:20 a.m. and 12 p.m. native time. At the least two folks had been killed in entrance of an Orthodox church within the metropolis.
Humeniuk mentioned that the scenario in Mykolaiv and Kherson areas “is characterised by the truth that the enemy makes use of its brutal manners within the inserting of kit and items in-between the native civilians and the civilian infrastructure like faculties, kindergartens, hospitals, and the yards of native residents.”
“Then at evening they disappear from these positions, go away the villages and shell them, whereas accusing the Ukrainian Armed Forces of shelling civilians,” she mentioned.
“Such actions are carried out in an effort to justify their standing of liberators within the occupied territories,” she added.
“We notice that assaults on us will enhance, that the enemy will attempt to take revenge,” Humeniuk mentioned. “We’re prepared, we’re resisting.”