Kyiv residential building struck by Russia as Ukraine says intelligence sharing interrupted
Ukraine did not receive a warning of the attack from allies in the same way it usually does, presidential adviser Dmytro Lytvyn told reporters.
On October 13, Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv, just moments after an air raid alert was issued, according to Ukrainian authorities. The nine-story residential building in Kyiv's Desnyanskyi district was hit and set ablaze, reported Mayor Vitalii Klitschko. Air raid alerts were also issued in parts of Lviv, Volyn, and Ivano Frankivsk regions.
Ukraine did not receive a warning of the attack from allies, as is typically the case, revealed presidential adviser Dmytro Lytvyn to reporters. Ukraine's Air Force confirmed Russia's missile launch at Kyiv, stating that no information on missile launches from enemy territory had been received by Ukraine and the day before. Earlier in the week, sources told Kyiv Independent that the Trump administration had threatened senior Ukrainian military and government officials in an attempt to protect Russian oil refineries, instructing all top military officials that they would be turning off both intelligence sharing and PURL.
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