Russia fires rockets at Ukraine and renews ‘dirty bomb’ claims

The attacks come amid growing fears that Russia, facing setbacks on the battlefield, could try to detonate a device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive waste in an effort to sow terror.

Russia has targeted more than 40 villages around Ukraine over the 24 hours, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday, killing at least two people and sustaining the terror that forces people into air raid shelters each night (Andriy Andriyenko/AP)

Russia has targeted more than 40 villages around Ukraine over the 24 hours, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday, killing at least two people and sustaining the terror that forces people into air raid shelters each night.

Russian forces launched five rockets, 30 air strikes and more than 100 multiple-launch rocket system attacks on Ukrainian targets, the Ukrainian armed forces general staff said.