KYIV: Russian missile strikes on the hometown of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy killed 11 people early on Tuesday (Jun 13), as Moscow said it had captured Western armoured vehicles from Kyiv's forces. The strikes overnight hit multiple sites and smashed into a five-storey apartment building in the c
The fresh wave of attacks came shortly before Moscow claimed to have captured several German Leopard tanks and US Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.
"Leopard tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. These are our trophies. Equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Zaporizhzhia region," the Russian defence ministry said in a statement. Kyiv has appealed to its allies in the West to deliver a broad range of modern military equipment to help Ukrainian forces recapture large swathes of territory controlled by Russia.
Germany's defence minister said that Berlin would not be able to immediately replace tanks that it had provided to Ukraine.
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