Russian submarine fires cruise missiles at Ukraine, NATO promises to support Kiev for many years

The Russian Defense Ministry on April 29 released a video showing a series of Kalibr missiles rising from the sea and soaring towards the horizon. Russian authorities describe them as targeting military targets in Ukraine.

According to the Interfax news agency, this is the first time the Russian military has announced the use of a fleet of submarines to attack neighboring countries since the war. hostilities broke out on April 27.

The move comes not long after Ukrainian authorities accused Moscow forces of firing two cruise missiles at the capital Kiev while United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was visiting the city and meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. . Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksi Rezniko accused it of being an attack on the security of the head of the United Nations and the security of the world.

Kiev authorities said that one of the two rockets hit an apartment building, injuring at least three people. The other rocket landed on an unmanned facility near the building.

So far, Moscow has not yet commented on the Kiev news.

NATO pledges long-term support to Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg affirmed that the military alliance is ready to maintain support for Ukraine in the protracted war against Ukraine. Russia.

Speaking at a youth conference in Brussels on April 28, Mr. Stoltenberg said: “It is quite possible that this war will last for months, years. NATO allies are preparing to provide support in this regard. as well as helping Ukraine to transition from old Soviet-era equipment to more modern weapons and systems of NATO standards, which will require more training of soldiers.”

Stoltenberg added that the West will continue to exert maximum pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to force Moscow to end its military campaign across the border.

According to Reuters, most of the heavy weapons that NATO countries have aided to Ukraine so far are Soviet-made weapons, still in the warehouses of member states in Eastern Europe. However, the US and some other allies have begun to supply Kiev with Western artillery.

Germany announced on April 26 that it would deliver Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery systems to Ukraine, marking the first time Berlin has approved the supply of heavy weapons to Kiev.

Netherlands reopens embassy in Kiev

Reuters quoted Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra as saying that the country would reopen its embassy in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on April 29. The Dutch consulate in Lviv, western Ukraine, reopened last week.

“A small group of embassy staff there (Kiev) will work closely with the authorities of Ukraine and other partner countries. It is important that we support Ukraine on the ground,” Hoekstra wrote on the website. Twitter.

Just two days after Russian troops entered Ukraine, Amsterdam evacuated its diplomatic representatives from the Eastern European country. In addition to the Netherlands, many other European countries, including France, have followed suit and recently announced they will reopen their embassies in Kiev.

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