{"id":1439775,"date":"2022-04-15T08:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439775"},"modified":"2022-04-15T08:30:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:30:40","slug":"russia-ramps-up-missile-strikes-on-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-ramps-up-missile-strikes-on-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Ramps Up Missile Strikes on Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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-ramps-up-missile-strikes-on-kyiv%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=1439775&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><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p>Russia will increase <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/russia-threatens-zelensky-we-will-strike-decision-making-centers-in-ukraine\">missile strikes<\/a> in Kyiv in response to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/russian-warship-that-ukraine-claimed-credit-for-striking-has-now-sunk\">recent attacks<\/a> by Ukrainian forces on its territory, its Ministry of Defense said on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20220415\/rakety-1783657971.html\">statement<\/a> from the Kremlin comes after a night of powerful explosions in Kyiv, reportedly some of the most significant in the capital city region since Russian troops retreated from the area in early April.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/ukrainian-tractor-driver-killed-by-anti-tank-mine-as-planting-season-begins\">UKRAINIAN TRACTOR DRIVER KILLED BY ANTI-TANK MINE AS PLANTING SEASON BEGINS<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The number and scale of missile strikes against targets in Kyiv will increase in response to the Kyiv nationalist regime committing any attacks of a terrorist nature or sabotage on Russian territory,&#8221; Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.<\/p>\n<p>Konashenkov claimed that on Friday, Russian Kalibr sea-based missiles struck a machine-building plant in the outskirts of Kyiv and 12 other military facilities in different parts of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The ministry also claimed that air defense systems shot down a Mi-8 helicopter\u00a0near Chernihiv and an Su-27 fighter jet in Kharkiv. <\/p>\n<p>The Russian Ministry of Defense&#8217;s claims could not be verified. <\/p>\n<p>The Russian military on Wednesday threatened to strike <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/russia-threatens-zelensky-we-will-strike-decision-making-centers-in-ukraine\">&#8220;decision-making centers&#8221;<\/a> in Kyiv if Ukrainian forces continue attacks across the border in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine claimed responsibility for a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/russian-warship-that-ukraine-claimed-credit-for-striking-has-now-sunk\">missile strike on a Russian warship<\/a> in the Black Sea on Wednesday. The <i>Moskva<\/i>, the Russian navy&#8217;s Black Sea flagship, sunk on Thursday, according to Russian officials, delivering a major blow to Russia&#8217;s military.<\/p>\n<p>Russian media reported on Friday that over the past day,<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20220415\/rakety-1783657971.html\"> four shellings<\/a> have taken place in Russian territory on the border with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry&#8217;s statement on Friday indicates that today&#8217;s assault on the Kyiv region may be retaliation for Ukraine&#8217;s recent strikes. <\/p>\n<p>There were no <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/powerful-explosions-heard-kyiv-after-russian-warship-sinks-2022-04-15\/\">immediate reports<\/a> of damage or injuries from Ukrainian officials following Friday&#8217;s explosions in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia will increase missile strikes in Kyiv in response to recent attacks by Ukrainian forces on its territory, its Ministry of Defense said on Friday. 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