Russia bombed a Ukrainian missile manufacturer after losing the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet on Friday (April 15th). The Vizar factory, targeted by Moscow, manufactures the Neptune anti-ship missiles, with which the Ukrainians say they fired on the Moskva. This 186-meter-long missile ship, flagship of the Russian fleet, was responsible for providing air defense within a radius of 150 km around its position. Follow the situation live with franceinfo.
Zelensky demands more weapons. As usual, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Westerners with a video message. “You can make the war much shorter. The sooner and more of the weapons we have requested, the stronger our position will be and the sooner peace will come.”he launched.
Moscow announces “aftershock” strikes. “The number and scale of missile strikes on Kyiv sites will increase in response to all terrorist-type attacks and sabotage carried out on Russian territory by the nationalist regime in Kyiv”warned ve,dredo the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Violence continues in the east. In the largest region of Donbass, that of Donetsk, where “fights are taking place all along the front line”, three people were killed and seven injured on Friday, the Ukrainian presidency said. The other region of this mining basin, that of Lugansk, was the scene of 24 bombings which left two dead and two wounded, according to the same source.