Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu today ordered the so-called shock and awe attacks on Ukraine.
He claimed that the Kremlin’s armed forces have denied the possibility of the Kiev regime that has carried out massive rocket and artillery attacks on civilian infrastructure and residents of the Donbas and other regions,” reports in Moscow said.
It followed an on-site inspection by: Putin‘s loyal defense minister – and a meeting of the National Security Council led by Vladimir Putin.
Emergency services attend horrific scene in downtown Vinnytsya on Thursday afternoon
Maxim Zharyi, seven, and Victoria Rekuta, 35, were killed in the sick attack on Thursday
Shoigu’ gave instructions to the actions of [military] groups in all operational areas,” local reports said.
It was unclear whether the minister’s talks with military leaders took place in Russia or in occupied Ukraine.
Shoigu’s ominous threat came as more details emerged about the tragic victims of Thursday’s sickening Russian attack on the city of Vinnytsya, in western Ukraine.
The death toll now stands at 24.
Shoigu’s ominous threat came as more details emerged about the tragic victims of Thursday’s sickening Russian strike. Pictured: Bomb damage in Dnipro, Eastern Ukraine
Liza Dmitrieva, four, was sitting in her stroller when a ship-fired missile struck, killing her instantly
Photos showed a seven-year-old boy whose remains could only be identified by his DNA after he was hit by one of Putin’s missiles while attending a doctor’s appointment.
Alina Kisel, 25, was working in a bank when the Russian missile hit her
Maxim Zharyi died along with his mother Victoria Rekuta, 35, a licensed dentist, in the shocking attack on a city hundreds of miles from the Eastern Front.
The couple had been to the Neuromed clinic, which was hit by a missile fired from a Russian warship in the Black Sea.
Ksenia Denisyuk, Victoria’s friend, said: ‘He was a child prodigy, smart and kind.
‘They went to a clinic together.
‘This was the moment when the terrorist country’ [Russia] go to the medical center.
‘Max could only be identified with a DNA test.
Horror images showed the extent of destruction in the southwestern Ukrainian city
“The whole world should know that Russia is a terrorist state.”
Another boy, Kirill Pyakhin, eight, died in the rocket attack as he waited with his uncle in a parked car while his grandmother went to get money from a nearby bank.
This was the same attack that killed little Liza Dmitrieva, four, in her stroller, leaving her mother Irina, 33, seriously injured.
Kirill Pyakhin, eight, waited with his uncle in a car for his grandmother. He was murdered
Alina Kisel, 35, was also killed when a tree fell as a result of the rocket attack.
She was in the backyard of the bank where she worked and died instantly.
Four other bank employees were hospitalized.
Meanwhile, Shoigu awarded the Gold Star Hero of the Russia medals to Colonel General Alexander Lapin and Major General Esedulla Abachev.
A man searches his belongings in the wake of Thursday’s rocket attack on Vinnytsya
A 70-year-old woman was one of three victims of an air raid on Chuhuiv near Kharkov.
A regional police official said Russia fired four rockets from near the western city of Belgorod around 3:30 a.m.
The strike damaged a two-storey residential building, a school and a shop, Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Synehubov said.
Ukraine’s shortened and straightened defense line to the east has successfully repulsed Russian attacks, according to the British Ministry of Defense.
The intelligence service’s daily update this morning said the “Ukrainian defense has been successful in repelling Russian attacks since Lysychansk was ceded and the Ukrainian defense line was shortened and straightened.”
It added: “This has enabled the concentration of force and firing against reduced Russian attacks and has helped to reduce Russia’s momentum.”