KYIV: The Kremlin accused US President Joe Biden on Monday of escalating the war in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to use long-range missiles supplied by Washington to strike targets inside Russia. The comments came as Moscow unleashed a second missile attack in as many days on the Ukrainian city of Odesa on the Black Sea that left 10 dead and more than 40 wounded.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday he had visited the frontline city of Pokrovsk, which Russian forces are closing in on.
Ukraine says it needs to be able to carry out strikes in Russia to prevent aerial bombardments that have levelled entire districts of towns near the front line and decimated energy facilities across the country. "It's obvious that the outgoing administration in Washington intends to take steps in order to continue fuelling the fire and provoke a further escalation of tensions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. — AFP
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