Russia says attacks on Kyiv will increase a day after losing warship

Russian missile cruiser the Moskva (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service via AP)

A day after Moscow suffered a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of its Black Sea fleet flagship, Russia’s Defence Ministry promised to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukraine’s alleged military “diversions on the Russian territory.”

The threat of intensified attacks on Kyiv came after Russian authorities accused Ukraine of wounding seven people and damaging about 100 residential buildings with air strikes on Bryansk, a region that borders Ukraine.