Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks during a meeting with Russian war correspondents at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday. Putin's comments at an open meeting with military journalists and bloggers followed Kyiv's claims that Ukrainian troops had captured a handful of villages in the early stages of the counteroffensive. The meeting, which lasted more than two hours, came after Russian missile strikes in central Ukraine killed at least 11 people overnight. In recent weeks, Russia’s border areas have come under increasing attack, with the Kremlin blaming Ukrainian forces for incursions of fighters and drone strikes. Russian forces have repeatedly unleashed overnight missile strikes against targets across Ukraine in recent weeks, and Tuesday’s toll was among the highest from a single attack.

Source: Libya Today June 14, 2023 02:11 UTC