A senior Russian official issued a grave warning to Ukraine, saying the country will soon face “doomsday” if Kyiv’s forces attempt to retake Crimea.
The warning came as Russian missiles pounded industrial facilities in Mykolaiv, a city near the Black Sea, in what Ukrainian officials said was a “massive shelling” episode.
Ukrainians fear that the Kremlin appear to be preparing for the next phase of the war, after Russia's Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, visited the front lines and issued an order “to further intensify the actions of units in all operational areas”.
