Jason Jay Smart

“It started in the early hours of Tuesday and resembled one of those attacks by the ‘Free Russia Legion’ that fights alongside Ukrainians,” says Clarke, referring to previous incursions by groups—rather than Kyiv itself—against the Kremlin.

First, a Ukrainian drone damaged an A-50 on the ground in Belarus last year. Subsequently, on January 14, a Ukrainian long-range missile shot down an A-50 over the Sea of Azov in southern Ukraine. Six weeks later, on February 23, in the same area, another Ukrainian missile destroyed the third A-50, writes Forbes.

In Ankara, during a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC), the Ukrainian MP Alexander Marikovsky attacked the secretary of the Russian delegation Valery Stavitsky with his fists. The Russian was subsequently hospitalized.

Dramatic footage has been posted on social media showing a huge fire engulfing part of the building, and much of the city is covered in thick smoke.
One person died and two were injured in the fire, according to the emergency services.
According to the governor of the Rostov region Vasiliy Golubev, the cause of the fire was a short circuit in the electrical installations.

Kyiv Post special correspondent Jason Jay Smart states that at least 50 missiles fell in eastern and central Ukraine, including Kyiv.
During the night, he says, Iranian drones tested their air defense capabilities. Furthermore, Kyiv Independent writes that at least six explosions were heard in the western city of Vinnytsia.