The Russian military leadership threatens with missile strikes on Kiev if the Ukrainians, they say, do not stop carrying out sabotage on the territory of the Russian Federation.

This was stated at a briefing by the speaker of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov.

" If such cases continue, the Russian armed forces will strike at decision-making centers, including in Kyiv, from which the Russian army previously refrained,"

According to Ukrayinska Pravda, the Russians have launched rocket attacks on Kiev since the first days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian occupation forces:.

On February 25, the remains of Russian missiles, which were shot down by the Ukrainian air defense system, fell on an apartment building in the capital Poznyaki. On February 26, a Russian missile hit a high-rise building on Valery Lobanovsky Avenue.

On March 2, Ukrainian air defense systems shot down Russian missiles over the South Railway Station, flying in the direction of the building of the Ministry of Defense. On March 14, fragments of a downed rocket of the occupiers smashed a house and a trolleybus on Kurenevka in Kyiv.

On March 18, a Russian missile hit a residential area in Vinogradar, killing one person and injuring 19 others, including four children.. On March 21, Russian missiles completely destroyed the modern Retroville shopping center on Vynohradar, killing at least 4 people..

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko once again stated on April 13 that it is too early for residents of the capital who evacuated the city to return.. The military explained to the local authorities that the Russians could still launch rocket attacks on Kiev, and in addition, there were a lot of mines and unexploded ordnance in the vicinity of the capital.