Kremlin compares Moscow hit to 9/11
The Kremlin is evaluating Ukraine drone attacks on Moscow’s financial district which have brought on minor injury and no deaths with the Sept. 11, 2001, terror assaults that killed hundreds in the USA.
Russian International Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova informed the Soloviev Live TV channel that, like Decrease Manhattan, the Moscow Metropolis district is a civilian web site internet hosting places of work and residential buildings “that don’t have anything to do with the navy.” Among the Moscow buildings focused by the drones did embody defensive ministry places of work, nevertheless.
“The 9/11 assault on the Twin Towers brought on an infinite variety of casualties, however the strategies have been the identical,” she stated. “We’re seeing the identical image now, as whether it is repeating itself.”
Earlier Tuesday, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin stated a skyscraper in central Moscow was broken by a drone assault for the second time in 48 hours. Sobyanin stated the facade was broken, however no accidents have been reported.
Russia has accused Kyiv of the assaults. Ukrainian officers haven’t straight addressed the incidents, however President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated after Sunday’s assault that it was “inevitable, pure and completely truthful” to convey the conflict to Russian territory. Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted Tuesday that “#Moscow is quickly getting used to a full-fledged conflict, which, in flip, will quickly lastly transfer to the territory of the “authors of the conflict” to gather all their money owed.”
‘The Russians have been ready for us’:Small Ukraine gains come at high cost
Developments:
∎ The Soviet coat of arms was being eliminated Tuesday from Ukraine’s tallest statue, the Motherland Monument in Kyiv. The Ministry of Tradition stated on Facebook the coat of arms will likely be changed by the Ukrainian trident in time for Ukraine’s Independence Day Aug. 24.
∎Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko stated some divisions of the Wagner Group mercenary fighters from Russia will stay in his nation as the muse for creation of a “contract” military. “These are skilled folks, principally officers, that is their career,” he stated.
∎Greater than 270 cultural websites have been broken or destroyed by Russian assaults for the reason that invasion started in February 2022, the United Nations Instructional, Scientific and Cultural Group says. Amongst them: 117 non secular websites, 98 buildings of historic and/or inventive curiosity, 27 museums, 19 monuments and 12 libraries.
∎ A doctor was killed and 5 folks have been wounded in a Russian missile strike on a hospital within the Ukrainian metropolis of Kherson, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin stated on Telegram.
White Home, Sen. Graham reply to Russian nuclear risk
Sen. Lindsey Graham has issued a stern warning to Russia after a prime Kremlin officers stated Moscow might resort to nuclear weapons if Ukraine’s counteroffensive ends in Kyiv “taking away a part of our land.” Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Safety Council and former Russian President, advised Ukraine might take territory with the help of NATO. The White Home, which has repeatedly stated there is no such thing as a proof Putin is making ready to make use of nuclear weapons, known as Medvedev’s feedback irresponsible.
Graham went additional, tweeting: “To my Russian buddies who discuss utilizing nuclear weapons in Ukraine: You must perceive that will be an assault on NATO itself, given Ukraine’s proximity to NATO territory. Time to sober up, understand that your barbaric invasion of Ukraine just isn’t working, withdraw and save many younger Russians from a pointless loss of life.”
Belarus says it has dispersed Russian nukes all through nation
Greater than half of the nuclear weapons Russia plans to deploy in Belarus have been delivered and dispersed all through the nation, Lukashenko stated. Belarusians, Poles, Lithuanians have all the time lived collectively, however “now our Western neighbors are going loopy,” Lukashenko said.
“God forbid they must use this weapon. I nonetheless hope that this won’t occur,” he stated. “We don’t intrude in anybody’s backyard, however please don’t intrude with us both.”
President Vladimir Putin agreed in March to start shifting some short-range, land-based tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus, which shares an virtually 700-mile border with Ukraine. If verified, it’s the first deployment of Russian nukes exterior Russian territory for the reason that Soviet Union collapsed in 1991
“Nobody has ever attacked a nuclear nation,” Lukashenko stated.
