War in Ukraine.Rocket fire on the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Russian artillery 26,06

Kyiv this morning was fired from Tu-95 and Tu-160 aircraft with X101 missiles, which can fly at a distance of up to 5.5 thousand km.

The bombers took off from Astrakhan. The missiles were launched over the Caspian Sea, - said Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the command of the Ukrainian Air Force.

The missile attack on Kyiv should be regarded as a deliberate escalation, said the former Prime Minister of Sweden, co-chairman of the European Council on Foreign Relations Carl Bildt.

According to him, the shelling of residential areas of Kyiv is a signal for the G7 summit, which started today in Bavaria.