The US assures that Ukraine has nothing to do with the attack and France asks Putin not to “instrumentalize” it. On the other hand, Ukraine has destroyed two ships in Crimea, something that the United Kingdom has described as a “historic moment” that can “change the dynamics” of the war scenario.
The Ukrainian authorities have denounced this Sunday that Russia launched this morning almost 30 missiles against its territory, a dozen of which have been directed against the capital, Kyivwhile the neighbor Poland has activated the air alert after verifying that one of the projectiles crossed its airspace for 39 seconds.
The anti-aircraft alarms in Ukraine were activated around 04:10 in the morning and were canceled around 06:08. The authorities, at the moment, have no evidence of victims but they do have material damage in the center of kyiv and in the Desnyan district.
“Explosions in the capital,” the mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, posted on Telegram. “The air defense is working. Do not abandon the shelters.”
The governor of the Lviv region has also reported attacks in the Stri district, south of the city of Lviv, near the border with Poland, and there have also been attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones, where Heating networks and power lines were damaged due to falling debris. Six hospitals, 150 educational institutions and 3,000 homes were left without heat, according to administrator Serhi Lisak.
Russia reports attacks on military factories in Ukraine and destruction of NATO equipment
Russia, for its part, explained that “tonight, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out an attack with high-precision, long-range weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against electrical power facilities, the gas production industry and places where aquatic drones are assembled and tested“.
As a result of the attacks, “the work of industrial enterprises producing and repairing weapons, military equipment and ammunition was disorganized,” they stated, adding that “foreign-made military equipment and weapons transferred to Ukraine by the EU countries were destroyed.” NATO”.
UK hails Ukrainian attack on Russian ships in Crimea as a “historic moment”
On the other hand, Russia has reported one death and four injuries in Sevastopol, in Crimea, due to a Ukrainian attack carried out last night. “A 65-year-old resident of Sevastopol died due to a rocket fragment hitting the end of a house in Yaltinskaya,” Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said on his Telegram channel on Saturday evening. Four other people were injured by shrapnel.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have confirmed an attack on Sevastopol against several targets, including two ships, the ‘Yamal’ and the ‘Azov’a communications center and several infrastructure facilities of the Black Sea Fleet in the city, according to the Strategic Communications Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The British Defense Minister, Grant Shapps, assured this Sunday that the night attack carried out by Ukraine against two Russian warships in Sevastopol is a “historic moment” that can “change the dynamics” of the war scenario in Ukraine over the Black Sea. “After years of Russia’s illegal control over Crimea, the destruction of these key warships for Russia marks a significant milestone. Putin can no longer safely operate there, even though the Russian fleet has been sailing in those waters since 1783. “, has manifested.
The US denies the involvement of Ukraine and France asks Putin not to instrumentalize the Moscow attack
For her part, the spokesperson for the United States Security Council, Adrian Watsoninsisted this Sunday that Ukraine “has nothing at all to do” with the Friday attack on the Crocus City Hall events pavilion in Moscow that has left so far 137 dead and more than 180 injured.
Watson, in statements to the ABC network, recalled that Islamic State has assumed responsibility for the attack and downplayed the fact that the four suspects in the attack, detained on Saturday, were heading to the Ukrainian border at the time of their arrest.
In response to these statements, the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, has mocked the certainty exhibited by the United States. “I wish they had known so quickly who killed President Kennedy,” Zajarova said in a message published on her Telegram account, “but no, for 60 years they have not known who killed him. “The same was the Islamic State as well,” Zajarova said before warning that, until the investigation into the terrorist attack is concluded, “any phrase from Washington that justifies Kiev must be considered evidence,” assuring that “American liberal democrats have spent years financing Ukraine’s terrorist activities.
From Francethe Minister of European Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot,has sent a message to Vladimir Putin not to instrumentalize the attack, after the Russian president had pointed out, without directly accusing, Ukraine’s responsibility.
Barrot has reiterated that the French are “in solidarity with the Russian people” and that “this hateful and barbaric act must be clarified, which must not be exploited.”
Source: Eitb
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