Ukraine says Russian missile headed for water reservoir near Kyiv shot down

Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry says a Russian missile was shot down before dawn Saturday as it headed for the dam of the sprawling water reservoir that serves Kyiv.

“If the dam is destroyed, the flooding will cause catastrophic casualties and losses — including flooding of residential areas of Kyiv and its suburbs,” the ministry says.

Russian troops were pressing their attack on the Ukrainian capital, trying to advance on the city from several directions.

Russia has repeatedly claimed its assault on Ukraine is aimed only at military targets.

“Let me stress once again that only infrastructure sites of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are being targeted, ruling out damage to residential and social infrastructure,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a briefing Saturday.