Russian attacks on Kiev: building damaged, bridge hit and Putin's nuclear warning

A 25-storey residential building in Kiev's Darnytskyi neighborhood was damaged following a Russian attack. Ukrinform reports it citing the military administration of the capital. One person died and two were injured.

In the early hours of the morning, another Russian attack against Kiev once again hit the Southern Bridge of the Ukrainian capital, already targeted several times yesterday.

Meanwhile, Putin has defined Western military exercises in the Baltic Sea and attempts to stop Russian ships as an "escalation"

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Russian troops hit a road and rail bridge over the Dnipro River in Kiev, used for military logistics supplies destined for the Ukrainian armed forces in Donbass. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. “The Russian Armed Forces continue to target Ukrainian port and energy infrastructure, as well as ships employed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This evening, drone attacks damaged a road and railway bridge over the Dnipro River in Kiev, which facilitates troop movements and logistics of military supplies for groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbass,” the statement read.

Ukraine has used its FP-7 tactical ballistic missile in combat for the first time. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared this on Telegram: "First use in combat. Thanks for the result. Next step: production." The head of state did not specify where or how the FP-7 was used. The missile's manufacturer, Fire Point, says it is being developed as a ballistic interceptor under Europe's Freyja missile defense program, which started this year. Ukrainian military analysts describe the FP-7 as a short-range missile with a range of about 200 km, comparing it to the US military's tactical missile system, but much cheaper. Ukraine, whose missile production lags far behind Russia's, has seen the development of its own tactical ballistic missiles as an important element of its response to Russia's frequent use of such missiles in its attacks.

A 25-storey residential building in Kiev's Darnytskyi neighborhood was damaged following a Russian attack. Ukrinform reports it citing the military administration of the capital. One person is dead. "A 25-storey residential building was damaged in the Darnytskyi neighborhood following an enemy attack. The identity of the victims is being investigated," the report reads. Subsequently, the KMWA added: "Unfortunately, one person died following an enemy attack on a residential building in the Darnytskyi district."

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the West against an escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying Moscow is ready to use "all weapons" in its arsenal, including nuclear ones, if its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad comes under attack. Speaking at the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow, the Russian leader said he had no intention of attacking any European country, but was ready, if necessary, to respond to Western aggression, referring to Russian territory nestled between NATO members Poland and Lithuania.

His warning follows recent NATO military exercises near Kaliningrad, which the bloc described as defensive exercises to strengthen deterrence. These exercises have raised strong concerns in Moscow, which warned at the end of September that it would react if NATO attempted to block the exclave by air or sea. "The exercises in the Baltic Sea, one after the other. Then the attempts to seize our ships and boats. All this represents an escalation. And then we began to hear statements regarding the Kaliningrad region," Putin said. "If it came to a direct attack against the Russian Federation, in this case against Kaliningrad and possibly against other territories, obviously the question of using all the weapons in our country's arsenal would inevitably emerge on the agenda. It is inevitable," he warned.

Russia prepares its most powerful attack yet to try to leave Ukraine freezing this winter. The New York Times writes, reporting that Kiev showed its European partners what it described as intercepted Russian plans to deprive major cities of electricity, heating and water. A plan attributed to Moscow involves systematic attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure to leave major cities without electricity, heating and water, eventually forcing the country's three operational nuclear power plants to shut down. The text, dated August and written in Russian, was presented by Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal to European partners in Paris two weeks ago, according to two people familiar with the meeting. Shmyhal reportedly described it as an intercepted Russian plan to bring about the collapse of the energy system through a campaign using up to a thousand missiles, drones and bombs. The targets include electrical substations, hydroelectric and thermoelectric power plants and heating systems. The most alarming step concerns the attacks against the infrastructures that connect the three operational nuclear power plants to the grid, located less than a mile from the reactors: the objective would be to cause the disconnection and shutdown of the plants.