Russian Defence Ministy: Number and scale of missile attacks on facilities in Kyiv to increase

Russia's Ministry of Defence said on Friday that the number and scale of missile attacks on facilities in Kyiv will increase in response to Kyiv's forces committing sabotage on Russian territory, Reuters reported, citing Ifax news agency.

"Ilyich plant in Mariupol has been completely liberated from Ukraine's forces," the ministry added. "The detachment of up to 30 mercenaries from the Polish private military unit has been liquidated in the Kharkiv region."

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