Ukraine Slams ‘Cannibal’ Putin Amid Deadly ‘Russian Missile Terror’

Ukraine’s Ministry of Protection (MoD) has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being a “cannibal” after a “Russian missile terror” assault killed dozens of civilians.

Russia launched a devastating collection of missile assaults that struck a number of civilian targets inside Ukraine within the early morning hours on Friday. Not less than 25 individuals had been killed, together with 5 youngsters. The assaults got here amid Moscow’s current escalation of aerial assaults on Ukraine.

The heaviest toll was felt within the central Ukraine metropolis of Uman, the place officers mentioned {that a} missile strike on a nine-story condo constructing left 23 civilians lifeless, together with 4 youngsters.

A 31-year-old lady and her 2-year-old daughter had been additionally killed throughout an assault on the jap Ukraine metropolis of Dnipro, based on a Telegram submit from regional Governor Serhiy Lysak.

On Twitter, the Ukrainian MoD cited the deaths in Dnipro as proof {that a} cannibalistic and bloodthirsty Putin was “by no means going to have sufficient” of killing civilians.

“A mom and her two-year-old daughter from Dnipro died right this moment,” the ministry tweeted alongside an image of Putin. “And that creature … It appears he’s by no means going to have sufficient. He’s hoping for one more peace deal. However bear in mind, the cannibal negotiates after which eats once more.”

For the primary time in nearly two months, Kyiv was additionally focused within the missile strikes, though no targets had been hit, based on the Related Press. Officers mentioned that 11 cruise missiles and two drones had been efficiently intercepted over town.

The Basic Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine described the assaults as “Russian missile terror” in a Fb submit, whereas accusing the Kremlin of violating worldwide regulation by focusing on civilians.

“The Russian federation launched one more huge missile assault on civilian amenities and residential buildings,” the submit states. “Sadly, there have been hits that killed and wounded civilians.”

“Having failed to attain the specified outcomes on the battlefield, the Russian aggressor cynically continues to make use of techniques of terror in gross violation of the principles of Worldwide Humanitarian Regulation,” it continues.

The Russian Ministry of Protection mentioned on Telegram that the navy had launched “a high-precision long-range air-based missile strike,” including that the “aim of the assault” had been achieved and “all of the assigned targets have been neutralized.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the assaults in a video shared on Twitter, accusing Russia of “absolute evil” for focusing on the “completely peaceable” metropolis of Uman, whereas claiming that Ukraine had shot down 21 of 23 Russian missiles.

“A Russian missile on Uman, a metropolis that’s completely peaceable, recognized to the entire world for internet hosting tens of 1000’s of Hasidic pilgrims yearly … Solely absolute evil can unleash such terror towards Ukraine,” Zelensky mentioned.

“Our Air Drive managed to shoot down many of the Russian missiles—21 out of 23,” he continued. “If not for this, the Russian terrorist state would have managed to assert many extra casualties, extra lives.”

An evaluation on Thursday by the Institute for the Examine of Struggle, a U.S.-based assume tank, argued that improved Russian techniques to keep away from missile detection may mark the start of a brand new Russian “missile marketing campaign to degrade Ukraine’s unified power infrastructure.”

The Ukrainian navy introduced on Friday, simply after the missile strikes, that it had obtained and already began utilizing a cargo of French-made Caesar howitzers from Denmark.

Ukrainian officers mentioned final week that shipments of Patriot surface-to-air missile protection programs from Western allies had been delivered, with at the very least among the missile-destroying programs having reportedly been put into service days later.

Newsweek has reached out by way of e-mail to the Russian Ministry of Protection for remark.