Showing that ukraine can attack deep into occupied territory. people have been expecting a reprise in attack and it would appear that what we have seen this morning right across ukraine could be part of that ahead of vladimir putin s security council meeting later today. that of vladimir putin s security council meeting later today. meeting later today. that is an u date meeting later today. that is an update from meeting later today. that is an update from kyiv. meeting later today. that is an update from kyiv. we - meeting later today. that is an update from kyiv. we are - meeting later today. that is an i update from kyiv. we are getting reports that 75 missiles have been directed at ukrainian cities this morning and also we have the death toll as we understand it in the capital kyiv as a result of those attacks is eight. with me now is dr patrick bury who is a former british army officer and nato research analyst who is now a senior lecturer in security at the university of ba
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Accused ukraine of attack on the bridge, saying that it was an act of terrorism . president putin said ukraine s intelligence forces had aimed to destroy a critically important piece of russia s civil infrastructure. officials say three people were killed in the blast on the bridge. translation: there is no doubt that this is an act translation: there is no doubt that this is an act of translation: there is no doubt that this is an act of terrorism translation: there is no doubt that this is an act of terrorism aimed - translation: there is no doubt that this is an act of terrorism aimed at. this is an act of terrorism aimed at destroying russia s critically important civilian infrastructure. this was devised, carried out and ordered by the ukrainian special services. earlier we spoke to misha zelinksy, a war correspondent with the australian finanical review. he s in kyiv and was woken up by the strikes. well, at around 8:30am local time, several explosions were heard in the ce
This explosion targeting a very symbolic bridge, because this is a bridge in crimea that was open in 2018, perhaps as a symbol that crimea was russian, this is a peninsula that was annexed by russia in 2014, something that has not been recognised by the ukrainians all the international community so a very strategic militarily but also full of symbolism. the fear is that this could trigger a very strong russian response. we saw yesterday that a residential area of the city of zaporizhzhia, a major city in the south of the country, very close to the front lines was it. more than a dozen. so. that was hugo in kyivjust as those attacks were happening a few hours ago. the attack comes two days after a bridge linking russia with occupied crimea was damaged. russian president vladimir putin has
This morning are even more determined to prevail. the truth of the matter is, while this is a horrific attack on central kyiv, on the capital, it does not change the fundamentals of the war on the ground and that is the war the ukraine is winning and that is what it said confidence they will prevail in the long run. in the long run. yes, as we have said and as in the long run. yes, as we have said and as people in the long run. yes, as we have said and as people are in the long run. yes, as we have said and as people are reporting j in the long run. yes, as we have i said and as people are reporting on this programme, the counteroffensive from the ukrainian military has been successful, there s been a great deal of momentum behind it. whether it will be able to continue at that paceis it will be able to continue at that pace is another question but no doubt ukrainians were expecting there would be some kind of reprisal from the russian side. from the russian side. well, there a