{"id":1681269,"date":"2022-10-10T07:55:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1681269"},"modified":"2022-10-10T07:57:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:57:06","slug":"putin-unleashes-fierce-border-to-border-missile-blitz-on-ukraine-following-bridge-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-unleashes-fierce-border-to-border-missile-blitz-on-ukraine-following-bridge-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Unleashes Fierce Border-To-Border Missile Blitz On Ukraine Following Bridge Attack"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fputin-unleashes-fierce-border-to-border-missile-blitz-on-ukraine-following-bridge-attack%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=1681269&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--><p>Russia unleashed a barrage of missile strikes Monday morning throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/russian-military-train-operated-by-secretive-nuclear-division-is-on-its-way-to-ukraine-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>, striking all major cities including Kyiv in apparent revenge for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/key-bridge-spanning-russia-crimea-blown-up-in-likely-suicide-bombing-on-putins-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attack on a key bridge<\/a> connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland.<\/p>\n<p>Some 75 missiles rained down on Ukrainian cities, including several that struck the capital, where at least eight people were killed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/zelensky-calls-on-western-leaders-to-provide-needed-weapons-against-russia-their-duty-is-to-help-protect-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>\u2019s office was reportedly hit. The fierce and coordinated blitz appeared to be retaliation for Saturday\u2019s bombing of the strategic Kerch Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine News reported five missiles struck the center of Kyiv and another strike took out what it described as a \u201cthermal power plant\u201d in Lviv.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no power in Lviv and internet not working\u00a0 Internet traffic in Ukraine has dropped by 75%,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ukraine66251776\/status\/1579398574731038721?s=20&amp;t=AA4QPd-_s4hb3Ir4hl7b_w\">the site reported in a tweet<\/a>. The site claimed the European Union was evacuating personnel from the country.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lviv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lviv<\/a> : Russian missile strikes hit the thermal power plant.<br \/>There is no power in Lviv and internet not working <br \/>Internet traffic in Ukraine has dropped by 75% \u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>EU has asked all it&#8217;s embassy staff to vacate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> as fast as possible. \u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Habfp1a3LX\">pic.twitter.com\/Habfp1a3LX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UkraineNews (@Ukraine66251776) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ukraine66251776\/status\/1579398574731038721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social media was flooded Monday morning with videos and images from Kyiv showing damaged buildings, dead bodies, and burning cars. Black smoke was seen billowing upward from the destroyed power plant in Lviv, Ukraine\u2019s seventh-largest city and just 45 miles from the Polish border to the west.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky, who surveyed the destruction on the streets of Kyiv early Monday, said Russia was targeting civilians in order to \u201csow panic and chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are trying to wipe us off the face of the earth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian military said 75 Russian missiles had been fired at cities throughout the nation, which Russia invaded in February. Zelensky said missiles, rockets and drones had been used on major cities including Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Sumy, and even the western cities of Ternopil and Lviv.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Prime Minister\u00a0Denys Shmyhal said 11 key infrastructure facilities were hit, although he did not give further details. Cities throughout the beleaguered nation reported power outages and water shortages.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thermo Power Plant-6 in Kiev hit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fCK6lRDwWt\">pic.twitter.com\/fCK6lRDwWt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1579385559189164033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The withering offensive was likely Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s retaliation for the Saturday bombing of the 11-mile-long bridge connecting Crimea, the prized peninsula Russia reclaimed in 2014 but remains disputed territory, to the Russian mainland. A visibly enraged Putin called the bridge attack an \u201cact of terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no doubt,\u201d Putin said Sunday, hours before the devastating operation. \u201cThis is an act of terrorism aimed at destroying critically important civilian infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Russian parliament, Alexander Baskin, warned that Russia\u2019s response would be \u201casymmetric,\u201d saying the bridge attack was \u201ca declaration of war without rules,\u201d the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/breaking-furious-vladimir-putin-accuses-28193812\">Mirror<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>Putin, who is under increasing pressure in Russia as his war on Ukraine continues to go badly, blamed Ukrainian special forces for blowing up the bridge. His increasingly volatile state has sparked international fears he could use nuclear weapons against the neighboring country, especially after he reminded the world in a video address that the U.S. had used nukes on Japan to bring World War II to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia unleashed a barrage of missile strikes Monday morning throughout Ukraine, striking all major cities including Kyiv in apparent revenge for the attack on a key bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland. 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