Explosion at a café in Moscow leaves 3 dead and 15 injured. Russian attack on Kyiv overnight leaves 9 dead and 28 injured
Politico: Pentagon declines NATO’s lead on military aid to Kyiv
An explosion has occurred near an open-air café in Kudrinskaya Square, in central Moscow, leaving three people dead and 15 injured. This was reported by TASS. “Officers from the Moscow Directorate of the Russian Ministry of the Interior are working at the scene of the incident, near Building 1 on Kudrinskaya Square. According to the information available, at around 8.10 pm today, an explosion occurred near the open-air bar, leaving three people dead and 15 injured, with injuries of varying severity,” the press office stated, without specifying the causes.
A night of attacks on Kyiv
The death toll from the Russian missile attack on Kyiv stands at nine dead and 28 injured, including four children. This was announced by the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, who explained that 17 of the injured are in a critical condition. According to reports from the Ukrainian news agency RBC-Ukraine, deaths have been recorded in the districts of Solomyansky, Golosiivsky, Darnytsky, Shevchenkivsky and Pechersky, and power cuts have occurred in various parts of the capital.
Moscow: ‘Military targets’
The Ministry of Defence in Moscow has stated that the ‘massive attack’ launched last night on Ukraine, using missiles and drones, targeted ‘facilities belonging to the military-industrial complex and Ukrainian logistics centres in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region’. These centres, the ministry added on its Telegram channel, are “involved in the production, storage and transport of various types of missile weapons, drones, radar stations and electronic warfare systems”.
Politico: Pentagon declines NATO guidance on military aid to Kyiv
Meanwhile, according to Politico, citing several sources, the Pentagon is stepping down from its leadership of the NATO command that coordinates military aid to Ukraine. According to the sources, the move signals US disengagement from its closest allies. Management of the ‘Security Assistance Group’ will pass to another NATO member, meaning that the United States will no longer be involved in shaping the future structure of the Ukrainian armed forces.
