Russia launches another wave of missiles and drones at Ukraine

Russia has launched waves of rocket and drone attacks targeting respective Ukrainian regions sidesplitting astatine slightest 4 people, according to Ukraine’s military, a time aft it carried out a “massive” onslaught connected Ukraine’s powerfulness grid.

Two radical were killed erstwhile a edifice was “wiped out” successful the cardinal Ukrainian metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, determination officials said connected Tuesday. Two much radical died successful drone attacks connected the metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, eastbound of Kryvyi Rih.

The Kyiv region’s aerial defence systems were deployed respective times overnight to repel missiles and drones targeting Kyiv, the determination subject medication said connected the Telegram messaging app.

Ukrainian aerial defences changeable down astir 15 drones and respective missiles adjacent the Ukrainian superior during Russia’s overnight attack, Serhiy Popko, caput of Kyiv’s subject administration, said connected Tuesday morning.

“Everything that flew to the superior of Ukraine was destroyed,” helium said connected Telegram.

Ukraine changeable down 5 missiles and 60 drones launched by Russia during the overnight attack, the Ukrainian Air Force said connected Tuesday.

Russia launched a full of 91 projectiles, including 10 missiles and 81 Iranian-designed onslaught drones, from respective regions, it said successful a societal media post.

On Monday, Russia launched much than 200 missiles and drones, sidesplitting astatine slightest 7 radical and damaging vigor infrastructure. US President Joe Biden condemned the onslaught arsenic “outrageous”.

“I condemn, successful the strongest imaginable terms, Russia’s continued warfare against Ukraine and its efforts to plunge the Ukrainian radical into darkness,” helium said successful a statement.

“Let maine beryllium clear: Russia volition ne'er win successful Ukraine, and the tone of the Ukrainian radical volition ne'er beryllium broken.”

Residents successful Kyiv rushed to instrumentality structure successful metro stations done Monday arsenic blasts, which appeared to beryllium aerial defences, were heard.

“We are ever worried. We person been nether accent for astir 3 years now,” said Yulia Voloshyna, a 34-year-old lawyer taking refuge successful the Kyiv metro.

“It was precise scary, to beryllium honest. You don’t cognize what to expect,” she told the AFP quality agency.

The magnitude of the attacks connected Tuesday and their afloat effect were not instantly known oregon confirmed, but Ukraine’s aerial unit said it recorded the motorboat of respective clusters of drones and the takeoff from Russian airfields of Tu-85 strategical bombers and MiG-31 supersonic interceptor aircraft.

‘Act of retaliation’

Several Russian subject bloggers, specified arsenic the pro-war corporate nether the sanction of Rybar, called the attacks an “act of retaliation” for Ukraine’s astonishing incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.

The Kremlin said connected Monday determination would beryllium a effect to Ukraine’s enactment successful Kursk, but 3 weeks into the incursion, Kyiv has claimed further advances. While Russia says it keeps pummelling Ukrainian troops there, it has been incapable to propulsion them out.

Reporting from Kyiv, Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopoulos called Monday’s strikes “the worst aerial battle Ukraine has had to endure successful months, focusing connected smashing its powerfulness and h2o grids. In its 3rd twelvemonth of war, these long-range Russian attacks amusement nary motion of ending immoderate clip soon.”

The Kremlin denies targeting civilians successful the warfare that President Vladimir Putin launched against Russia’s smaller neighbour with a full-scale penetration successful February 2022.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its strikes connected Monday deed “all designated targets” successful Ukraine’s captious vigor infrastructure.

Kryvyi Rih, Kyiv and cardinal and eastbound regions of Ukraine were nether aerial raid alerts for astir of the clip overnight.

Two civilians whitethorn inactive beryllium nether the rubble of the edifice successful Kryvyi Rih and 5 were injured successful the attack, Serhiy Lisak, the politician of the Dnipropetrovsk portion wherever Kryvyi Rih is located, said connected Telegram.

Six shops, 4 high-rise buildings and 8 cars were besides damaged there, helium added.

In Zaporizhzhia, 2 radical were killed and 4 injured overnight, Ivan Fedorov, politician of the Zaporizhia region, said connected Telegram.

“Such are the consequences of the overnight onslaught by Shaheds connected Zaporizhia,” Fedorov said, referring to the Iranian-made kamikaze drones that Ukraine says Russia uses successful its attacks.

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