Kyiv targeted in deadly Russian strikes

Waves of Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv have killed 23 people with almost 90 others injured. The city’s mayor called the nighttime strikes “terrible” and declared Friday as a day of mourning. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/sub...] But as the Ukraine war has now lasted longer than World War I and cost a total of around two million casualties, including more than 450,000 Russian dead, is this attack a case of Vladimir Putin lashing out? President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Vladimir Putin was losing the war and would only escalate his attacks on civilians. In Moscow and St Petersburg citizens are now also feeling its impact: fuel shortages have created long lines that bristle with dissent. Usually loyal commentators are questioning the point of the war and Putin has admitted that there are problems while still vowing to escalate. The dead and injured have been pulled from rubble in the capital Kyiv. But does Putin feel for the first time that he might lose the war he started? ------- 0:00 - Massive Russian attack on Kyiv 2:09 - War impacts in Russia - will Putin back down? 3:42 - Putin is just ‘lashing out at civilians in Kyiv’ ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/sub... Follow us: TikTok -   / c4news   Instagram -   / channel4news   Twitter -   / channel4news   Facebook -   / channel4news