Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms

Kyiv says Russia intensifying its assault with attacks reported on railway stations used to transport Western arms.
Russia has bombarded railway stations and other supply-line points as it accused Western countries of “stuffing Ukraine with weapons”. The Russian military said it used sea- and air-launched missiles to destroy electric power facilities at five railway stations across Ukraine, while artillery and aircraft also struck troop strongholds and fuel and ammunition depots.
Air raid sirens sounded in cities across the country on Wednesday night, and missile fire followed in Cherkasy and Dnipro in central Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia in the southeast. In Dnipro, the mayor said one strike hit the city’s centre. There was no immediate word on casualties or damage. Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba accused Russia of “resorting to the missile terrorism tactics in order to spread fear across Ukraine”.
The UK’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that Russia continues to hit non-military targets in Ukraine including residential properties and transport hubs in a bid to weaken the country’s resolve. In a regular military intelligence update, the UK also said that despite Russian ground operations focusing on eastern Ukraine, missile strikes continued across the country as Moscow sought to hamper Ukrainian re-supply efforts. “As Russian operations have faltered, non-military targets including schools, hospitals, residential properties and transport hubs have continued to be hit, indicating Russia’s willingness to target civilian infrastructure in an attempt to weaken Ukrainian resolve,” the update, posted on Twitter, said.
“The continued targeting of key cities such as Odessa, Kherson and Mariupol highlights their desire to fully control access to the Black Sea, which would enable them to control Ukraine’s sea lines of communication, negatively impacting their economy.”
Source:ljazeera.com