Russia deliberately strikes residential buildings with precision weapons – Zelenskyy advisor

Russia is deliberately striking residential buildings with precision weapons, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, advisor and representative of the President of Ukraine on sanctions policy, said on Thursday morning.

"Two 9M727 Iskander-K cruise missiles at a house on Zhylyanska Street, ballistic 9M723 Iskander-M (possibly Kinzhal) - at a house on Boryspilska Street. This is a weapon that is accurate enough to rule out a miss. These are deliberate strikes on residential buildings. This is terrorism," he said on his Facebook page.

Vlasiuk noted that the remains of the missiles are currently being studied, the results will be provided to EU partners.

"We are studying the remains of the missiles, there are clear markings. We will remind our partners about the insufficiency of sanctions restrictions… Limiting the Russian military-industrial complex is necessary for the security of the whole world," he added.

As reported, the air defense neutralized 589 out of 629 air targets on Thursday night, including 563 enemy Shahed UAVs and various types of simulator drones, one Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile, seven Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, 18 Kh-101 cruise missiles, hits of missiles and strike UAVs were recorded at 13 locations, and downed or wreckage fell at 26 locations. In total, on the night of August 28 (from 19:30 on August 27), the enemy launched a massive strike on the territory of Ukraine using 629 air attack weapons: 598 strike UAVs, two Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, nine Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 20 Kh-101 cruise missiles.