{"id":1338908,"date":"2022-02-24T18:09:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338908"},"modified":"2022-02-24T18:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T23:09:18","slug":"russia-denies-bombing-ukrainian-cities-despite-extensive-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-denies-bombing-ukrainian-cities-despite-extensive-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Denies Bombing Ukrainian Cities Despite Extensive Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-denies-bombing-ukrainian-cities-despite-extensive-evidence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338908&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AP16270512577153-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/defense\/1409801\">told<\/a> reporters on Thursday Moscow has not ordered the bombing of Ukrainian cities despite widespread reports and video appearing to show otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia\u2019s armed forces carry out no missile, air or artillery strikes against Ukrainian cities,\u201d Konashenkov said on February 24, as quoted by TASS, a Russian state-owned news agency.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry issued the statement hours before CBS News on February 24 said its journalists on the ground in Kharkiv and Kyiv, Ukraine\u2019s national capital, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/russia-ukraine-invasion-donbas-troops-today\/\">witnessed<\/a> airstrikes hit local targets on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCBS News teams in the capital city of Kyiv and in Kharkiv, close to the Russian border in the country\u2019s east, has heard shelling throughout the day, and Russian forces have moved onto Ukrainian territory,\u201d the U.S.-based news outlet revealed.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News reporter Haley Ott on Thursday detailed seeing a \u201csecond wave\u201d of Russian airstrikes \u201chit targets in Kyiv, with smoke seen billowing above the city, and one strike believed to have hit near a railway bridge in central Kyiv.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMissiles have hit about a dozen airfields in Ukraine including Kyiv\u2019s airport Boryspil and facilities in the Black Sea port city of Odesa,\u201d the <em>Financial Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/5b423554-6ce9-49fe-b74c-da41298b565f\">reported<\/a> on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the name of both an oblast (province) and city in Ukraine. The Ukrainian state-run press agency Ukrinform on February 24 reported that a Russian airstrike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3411589-air-strike-kills-18-people-killed-in-odesa-region-state-administration.html\">killed<\/a> 18 people \u201cin the village of Lypetske, Odesa region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports published later on Thursday indicated Russia\u2019s military had expanded its bombardment of Ukrainian cities to include <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyivPost\/status\/1496928905357316103\">Mariupol<\/a> and the Ukrainian Black Sea island of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3411880-general-staff-battles-ongoing-along-border-20-russian-helicopters-land-near-kyiv.html\">Zmiyinyi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ukrainian city of Mariupol is under heavy fire with reports of hundreds of explosions. The city is one of the biggest Ukrainian ports on the Azov Sea,\u201d the <em>Kyiv Post<\/em> relayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter an unsuccessful landing attempt and an unsuccessful missile strike, the [Russian] enemy missile cruiser Moskva began shelling Zmiyinyi Island,\u201d according to Ukrinform.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Konashenkov acknowledged on February 24 that \u201cRussian smart weapons were being used to eliminate military infrastructures, air defense facilities, airdromes and aircraft [in Ukraine].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkrainian border guards offered no resistance to Russian forces and according to the available intelligence Ukrainian soldiers were massively vacating positions and leaving weapons,\u201d the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ukrainian military units that surrendered to Russian soldiers on Thursday \u201cwere not being attacked,\u201d Konashenkov stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Russian leader Vladimir Putin touched upon the issue of Ukrainian soldiers surrendering to Russian forces during a nationally televised speech to the Russian public broadcast on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutin urged the Ukrainian military to \u2018lay down arms at once and leave for home,&#8217;\u201d TASS relayed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThose servicemen of the Ukrainian army who will meet this demand will be free to leave the zone of combat operations and return to their families,\u201d Putin said during the address.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has made similar claims that Russian soldiers have surrendered to their army, posting photos on social media of alleged platoon leaders in Ukrainian custody.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"uk\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u043e\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438, \u043d\u0430\u0442\u043a\u043d\u0443\u0432\u0448\u0438\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0442\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0437\u0430\u0445\u0438\u0441\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0456\u0432, \u0437\u0434\u0430\u044e\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043d. <br \/>\u041f\u0456\u0434 \u0427\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0456\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u043c \u0437\u0434\u0430\u0432\u0441\u044f \u0446\u0456\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0432\u0456\u0434\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0434 74 \u043c\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0456\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0457 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0438.<br \/>\u0421\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0443\u0439\u043d\u0456\u0447\u0435\u0432 \u041a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044f\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043d \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0456\u0439\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447. 74 \u043c\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0456\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430, \u041a\u0435\u043c\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u043b.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OOqXRigJ5k\">https:\/\/t.co\/OOqXRigJ5k<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hqqJ7PtMxA\">pic.twitter.com\/hqqJ7PtMxA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0417\u0421 \u0423\u041a\u0420\u0410\u0407\u041d\u0418 (@ArmedForcesUkr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmedForcesUkr\/status\/1496874935779995654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1409329\">launched<\/a> a military invasion of neighboring Ukraine in the early morning hours of February 24. The development took place just 72 hours after Moscow announced on February 21 it planned to formally <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1407581\">recognize<\/a> the independence of two Russian-backed separatist states in Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donbass region known as the Donetsk and Lugansk People\u2019s Republics.<\/p>\n<p>Konashenkov <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/defense\/1410189\">reiterated<\/a> in later statements to the media on February 24 that Moscow was allegedly \u201cnot targeting Ukrainian cities\u201d with airstrikes. The Russian Defense Ministry spokesman seemed to indicate Moscow was making a peculiar distinction between civilian facilities and the Ukrainian \u201cmilitary\u201d assets it was targeting, thereby selectively ignoring their overlap. This questionable rationalization contrasted starkly with growing reports on Thursday of Russia\u2019s fatal shelling of population centers, such as Odesa Oblast\u2019s Lypetske village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Thursday Moscow has not ordered the bombing of Ukrainian cities despite widespread reports and video appearing to show otherwise. \u201cRussia\u2019s armed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1338908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}