Ukrainian Capital Burning After Heavy Russian Cruise Missile Strikes

Ukrainian Capital Burning After Heavy Russian Cruise Missile Strikes

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Update(1932ET): Overnight in Kyiv, emergency air sirens are ringing out, and there are reports of sections of the capital burning, after cruise missile strikes.

There are further unverified reports of a combined attack underway, resulting in powerful explosions, and keeping the city's population awake.

Meanwhile there have also been powerful explosions observed near Russia's Bryansk airport. 

Repeated strikes by Russians destroyed the building of the Kherson Regional State Administration.

Did the big expected Russian retaliation for Ukraine's Sunday major drone strikes begin?

Russia says that President Putin is preparing to retaliate at 'a time of our choosing' for all the latest drone and 'terror attacks' - including the targeting of trains and bridges with explosives.

"Russia will respond to Ukraine's latest attacks as and when its military sees fit," the Kremlin said Thursday. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed what President Trump revealed of the Putin phone call Wednesday - that the Russian leader made clear that Moscow is obliged to retaliate.

Peskov, speaking of Putin's first televised address since the devastating Sunday drone attacks deep inside Russian territory said, "The president described the Kyiv regime as a terrorist regime, because it was the regime's leadership that consciously gave the order, the command, the order to blow up a passenger train."

"This is nothing other than terrorism at the state level. This is an important statement by the president," he added.

Putin had accused Ukraine's leadership of orchestrating a terrorist attack on trains carrying civilians in Russia’s Bryansk region, which left seven dead and dozens injured in the derailment of the train and collapse of the bridge due to planted explosives on Sunday. The operation appeared in parallel to the 'Operation Spinder's Web' drone attacks.