LIVE UPDATES: Air Raid Alert Issued in Several Ukrainian Regions

Russia continues to carry out high-precision strikes on Ukrainian military infrastructure and facilities in response to the terror attacks carried by the Kiev regime on Russian infrastructure.

An air raid alert has been issued in the Kiev, Cherkassy and Kirovograd regions of Ukraine. Earlier, an air raid warning was issued in the Kharkov, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions.

Russia began striking Ukrainian infrastructure on October 10, two days after Ukrainian special services carried out a deadly terror attack on Russia's Crimean Bridge.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the Ukrainian attack on the bridge aimed to destroy Russian civilian infrastructure. He stressed that Kiev put itself on a par with the most notorious terror groups, and it is impossible to leave the crimes of the Kiev regime unanswered any longer.

4:30 am(GMT) Source: Russia Used 'Aircraft Carrier Killer' Missiles for Precision Strikes on Ukrainian Military Facilities

Russian long-range bombers, during the special military operation in Ukraine, have repeatedly delivered high-precision strikes on Ukrainian military targets with new Kh-32 cruise missiles, also known as "aircraft carrier killers," a source told Sputnik.

"During the special military operation, the converted Tu-22M3s carried out a series of launches of new Kh-32 supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles on Ukrainian military infrastructure ground facilities. As a result, the ability of the missiles to effectively and accurately hit ground targets was fully confirmed in combat conditions," he said.

The source said the new missile is designed for modernized long-range Tu-22M3M bombers, however, a certain number of combat aircraft of the previous Tu-22M3 modification were also re-equipped for its use.

The source said not a single Kh-32 missile was intercepted by Ukrainian air defense systems.