Ukraine Update…219 days into the Russian move on the Ukraine…Putin drops missiles across the Ukraine….

The Ukrainas KNEW the other shoe would drop after the bridge bombing….

Russian President Putin last night notified the Ukraine that the war could come anyplace he wanted it to….

Missile retaliatory strikes landed in several cities including Kyiv , the capital city, that hasn’t been in the conflict for months and had gone back to a normal…

There WILL be pressure on President Biden to ship anti-missile systems (The US ‘approved’ a sysytem to be ‘made’ and delivered when ever)  and maybe even Israeli Iron Dome systems also….(And more heavy weapons faster)…

The Ukraine does have some units and claim’s to have shot down almost half of the missiles sent against them..

Update.…Germany will supply the first units within days….

Putin gets applause from his coun tries hardliners and these headlines will erase the Ukraine military gains for now….

Crtiisms come in from across the world….

Putin HAS raised the stakes ….

(A spokeman says the nuke thing is off the table)

Biden and the Pentagon has to having stomach aches….

Things COULD be getting out of hand as Biden worried about from the jump with Putin playing now for his political well being…

And?

This could REALLY piss the Ukrainian’s off…..

The barrage of strikes — from Lviv in the west to Mykolaiv in the south and Kharkiv in the northeast — slammed into civilian areas and apparently also sought to cripple energy facilities as winter approaches. The explosions blew out the windows of buildings in central Kyiv, set vehicles ablaze and sent residents scrambling for shelter at a time when many were heading to school or work.

Experts said it was too soon to say whether the strikes would have a significant impact on Ukraine’s military, but they appeared to placate Russian hard-liners who have been calling for Mr. Putin to intensify the war effort. As Ukrainian troops have reclaimed more than 1,200 miles of territory in the east and south in recent weeks, Mr. Putin has faced mounting criticism of his army’s performance and growing opposition to his call-up of hundreds of thousands of civilians into military service.

Here are the latest developments:

• At least 10 Ukrainian cities came under attack, and regional officials said that electrical power stations and power lines were among the main targets. Electricity outages disrupted internet service, and several cities were left without power and central heating, officials said.

• Ukrainians had been bracing for retaliatory attacks following the explosion on Saturday that damaged a bridge linking Russia with Crimea. The strike embarrassed Moscow and could hinder its ability to supply its occupying forces in southern Ukraine.

• Condemnations of Russia’s attacks poured in from world leaders, with NATO’s secretary general denouncing the “horrific & indiscriminate attacks.” India and China, key Russian trading partners that have avoided direct criticism of Mr. Putin’s war, both renewed calls for an immediate de-escalation…..

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Russia’s strikes on Monday were unlikely to have a significant impact on Ukraine’s military since they appeared to largely target residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure, experts said, but cautioned that it was too soon to know the full extent of the damage.

While Russia’s defense ministry and President Vladimir V. Putin described the attacks as high-precision missile strikes aimed at crippling Ukraine’s ability to fight the war, it was hard to see how some of the targets fit that description. While power plants and communications infrastructure were hit on Monday, so were a playground and a popular pedestrian bridge in central Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.