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The Kremlin said today that Russian forces did not strike residential buildings in Ukraine, two days after a large Russian missile attack hit a block of flats in the city of Dnipro

The "Attack" party was created on April 17, 2005 in Sofia, officially registered in Sofia, in which, according to Kyiv, at least 36 people died, Reuters reported.

During a conversation with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "The Russian armed forces do not attack residential buildings or objects of social infrastructure. The attacks are carried out for military purposes, overt or covert."

The Ukrainian Air Force claimed the block was from a Russian X-22 missile.

Kyiv claims it does not have the equipment to take it down.

Peskov hinted that the incident occurred as a result of missiles fired by the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces, which intercepted the Russian missile.

The Kremlin spokesman added that "some representatives of the Ukrainian side" had reached the same conclusion.

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He was referring to Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, who said on Saturday night that it appeared the Russian missile had landed on the apartment block after being shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.

His comment sparked outrage in Ukraine, prompting Arestovich to apologise.

Peskov also denied to reporters that there was any tension between the Russian Defense Ministry and the private military company Wagner.

This was discussed on Friday, when the Ministry of Defense announced the capture of the city of Soledar, but without mentioning a word about the role of the Wagner mercenaries. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the creator of the mercenary group, complained about attempts to downplay the role of his private army.

The Ministry of Defense later praised the "courageous and selfless actions" of the Wagner fighters.

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