Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was Biggest attack in weekss, according to Volodymyr Zelensky, “More than 100 missiles of various types and about a hundred witness missiles (Drones)”.
“We could do more to protect lives if the air forces of our European neighbors worked with our F-16s and anti-aircraft defenses,” Zelensky responded on the Telegram social network.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, several groups of Drones The Russians are advancing into eastern, northern, southern and central Ukraine, followed by several ballistic and cruise missiles. In neighboring Poland, the military said Polish and NATO air defenses had been activated in the eastern part of the country to prevent a Russian attack.
For her part, The Russian Defense Ministry said it had carried out a “large-scale attack” on energy facilities “that enable the Ukrainian military-industrial complex to function.”He also announced on Telegram that “all goals have been reached.”
The attacks come as Ukraine has been waging a large-scale cross-border offensive since August 6 in Russia’s Kursk region, where its forces continue to make progress. “Russian terrorists have once again attacked energy infrastructure. Unfortunately, there is damage in a number of regions,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
A national alert against air strikes has been placed across the country.
According to Ukrainian authorities, two people were killed in the western Zhytomyr and Volhynia regions, one in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, and a fourth in the southern Zaporizhia region. The attacks also left at least 20 people injured.
National energy distribution company Ukrenergo made emergency cuts to stabilize the grid, while railway lines were cut.
In the capital, Kiev, residents took refuge in subway stations or covered passageways, according to AFP journalists. On Monday morning, some homes in Kyiv were without power. Authorities reported on Telegram that energy infrastructure was also affected in the western Lviv region.
“The enemy is once again terrorizing the whole of Ukraine with its missiles. The energy sector in your eyesEnergy Minister German Galushenko said.
Emergency cuts imposed by the energy supplier have caused a brief halt to the country’s railway lines.“All trains were temporarily stopped due to a power outage following a large-scale enemy attack,” the national railway company Ukrzalezhnytsia said.
On Sunday, an attack attributed to the Russian military targeted a Reuters team at their hotel in Kramatorsk (eastern Ukraine), killing a security adviser and wounding two journalists, according to the news agency.
With agencies
