A Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile with a cluster munitions warhead struck a residential neighbourhood in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The Russian Ministry of Defence released a statement claiming that they were targeting a meeting place with unit commanders and Western instructors. Interestingly, most Russian channels were silent about this, except for those citing the MoD directly. Usually, we see varying reports regarding what military target was hit, but this time... nothing.

I did some digging and found the place which was hit (47.96511, 33.44269). There is a restaurant about 45 metres away, but it appears to be intact. Ground zero is right outside a residential building next to a playground at the above coordinates. Iskander-M's have an accuracy of 5-7 metres from the target. This doesn't add up.

There are bodies of civilians lying all over the streets. These were not placed there. I have compared the initial footage of bodies with the images of the smoke first rising over the city (which were taken right after the impact), the lighting, sky and clouds, are all very similar. There wasn't enough time for any false flag operation to take place. These are real dead civilians killed by the missile strike.

Ukrainian authorities claim that 16 people were killed (including 6 children) and 61 others injured (including 16 children). I will not post any clear footage of the bodies for decencies sake, but you can find them yourself on telegram and twitter.

If this wasn't just a blatant war crime, then Russia somehow missed that restaurant by 45 metres and hit an open area, but we can't say anything for sure as there is obviously no confirmation of that restaurant being used for military purposes. Either way, using cluster munitions on a densely populated urban area is extremely incompetent and should never be done, even if there is a military target in the area.

At least one Ukrainian UAV struck the "Optic Fiber Systems" plant in Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia.

This plant produces optical fiber for Russian cable companies and foreign consumers. The plant's production capacity is approximately 4 million km of optical fiber per year.

54.224904, 45.196122