Russia has launched its largest ever air attack on Ukraine, hitting a key government building in Kyiv for the first time and killing at least three people, including a mother and her baby, and drawing widespread condemnation, including a fresh threat of further US sanctions.
The bombardment of the capital with a large number of drones and missiles injured at least 18 people and set scores of buildings on fire. Explosions were also reported in the cities of Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih. Authorities triggered a countrywide air-raid warning at 6.06am local time and later accused Russia of deliberately striking civilian targets.
The Guardian is yet again full of shit. Does this look like it was hit by a Russian missile to you:
If it was a missile an entire chunk of the building would be simply gone. This is a couple broken windows and a small fire. Probably just some debris from Ukrainian air defense fell down, as usual.
Maybe a stray drone, but this is far too pointless of a hit to be deliberate.
So far Russia has shown zero interest in targeting the Ukrainian government, but if that ever changes remember that Ukraine already tried hitting the Kremlin with drones, so they don’t get to complain.
they don’t claim it was hit by a missile, they claim it was “damaged in the attack”
you’re right that it definitely wasn’t an iskander but no-one is claiming it was
They’re implying it. They know that is what their readers are going to assume when they say “Russian drone and missile attack” in one sentence, and “government building hit” in the next.
The headline is their headline. They’re saying a Russian air attack ignited the building.