Team News Riveting
Kyiv, May 8
Ukraine’s military Intelligence had urged civilians to heed “all air alerts” on Tuesday, warning Russian could attack cities during the Kremlin’s holiday celebrations.
Russia commemorates May 9 as Victory Day to mark the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II. The event is observed every year by a massive military parade in Moscow.
Experts said, “Speaking of May 9, this holiday is one of the critical elements of Putin’s ideology, and of course, Russian propaganda intensifies on these days, which means that the Russian army may be particularly active and resort to certain provocations.”
The Mayor of Kyiv has also described as “the most massive attack on Kyiv since the beginning of the war.” Overnight, Russia launched 35 drones at Kyiv, all of which were shot down by Ukraine’s air defenses during an exceptionally noisy few hours full of explosions and anti-aircraft fire.
Experts said: “While the entire democratic world, the international community with Ukraine are celebrating the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation in memory of the tragedy of World War II, Russians have launched missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, mostly on civilian targets.
“Despite the fact that almost all targets [Russian missiles] have been destroyed and all Shahid drones fired at Ukraine have been shot down by Ukrainian air defenses, the threat of missile and kamikaze drone attacks remain,” they added.
The Russian Ministry of Defense is struggling to find volunteers to fight in Ukraine. On solution is to recruit the migrants looking to stay in Russia.
