Zelensky said that more than 100 missiles and around 100 drones were used and that the attacks targeted the country’s energy infrastructure, although four civilians were among the dead.
Russia launched a missile early this Monday morning massive drone and missile attack against at least 15 of Ukraine’s 24 regions, including the capital kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said on his Telegram account that the Russian army has used More than 100 missiles and nearly 100 droneswith the aim of knocking down energy infrastructures of the country.
Prime Minister Denis Shmigal said the attack had caused deaths and injuries. Earlier, authorities in the regions of Volyn (northwest), Dnipropetrovsk (center), Zaporizhia (southeast) and Zhytomyr (center-west) spoke of the Death of four people.
Shmigal explained that Russian forces used drones, cruise missiles and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in the attack. The latter are the most difficult to intercept and Ukraine is vulnerable to them in most of its territory.
Several explosions were heard in the capital kyiv starting at 08:30 local time (07:30 in the Basque Country) and authorities have asked all residents in the city and region to seek shelter in bunkers, basements or metro stations.
In the words of the Prime Minister, “the objective of Russian terrorists It has been the energy infrastructure again“Unfortunately, there is damage in several regions,” he said, reporting power outages across the country as a result of the impacts.
Authorities have reported damage to electrical infrastructure in Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk. The attack has also caused power and water cuts in parts of kyiv, according to the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klychko.
Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko has described “difficult” situation of the electrical system after the attack, and companies in the sector have announced emergency outages due to the damage suffered by the system.
Today’s attack is the ninth massive Russian attack on Ukraine’s power system since March 22. Ukraine has lost much of its generating capacity in these attacks and is working against the clock to repair and replace damaged infrastructure and equipment before the cold weather sets in.
While, the foreign ministerDmitro Kuleba, has asked Western partners from kyiv that allow it to use its long-range weapons to attack targets inside Russian territory and thus avoid massive attacks like the one this morning.
He also urged allies to start using their own anti-aircraft defenses to shoot down Russian drones and missiles that reach areas near Ukraine’s western borders.
In this regard, Polish army aircraft, with the collaboration of the Allies, are patrolling the border area near Lviv with the aim of “securing Poland’s airspace.”
Source: Eitb
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