War in Ukraine: Russia launches 120 missiles from the air and sea, bombing cities across the country

From the safety of a distance, Russia unleashed its fury this Thursday once again on Ukrainian cities with fire from 120 missiles from the air and from the sea when The war has been going on for ten months now. 40% of the population of kyiv, the capital, was left without electricity.

The attack began in the early hours of Thursday, the latest in a series of targetings the national infrastructure.

“This morning the aggressor fired cruise missiles from the air and from the sea, anti-aircraft guided missiles and S-300 surface-to-air missiles against our country’s energy infrastructure,” the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces said. of Ukraine. , Valeriy Zaluzhny.

Air raid sirens sounded across the country. This was stated by Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russia has launched more than 120 missiles.

Missile in Belarus

In Kiev, according to the regional government, air defense systems have been activated to repel the ongoing missile attack. There were noises of explosions in the city. One of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles would have fallen in BelarusPutin’s main ally in the region.

The missile, launched by an S-300 anti-aircraft defense system and “coming from Ukrainian territory”, fell on Belarusian territory in the morning, according to reports from the Defense Ministry.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said several explosions had been reported in Ukraine’s second most populous city. Explosions were also heard in the city of Lviv near the Polish border, according to Mayor Andriy Sadovyi.

After the bombing, 90% of Lviv had no electricity.

The governor of Mykolaiv province in southern Ukraine, Vitaliy Kim, said five missiles were shot down over the Black Sea. The military command of northern Ukraine said two of them were shot down in the Sumy region, located on the border with Russia, in the north-east of the country.

The damages

Fragments of Russian missiles shot down they damaged two private buildings in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, according to the municipal government. They also sustained damage an industrial plant and a playground in neighborhoods across the Dnieper River, according to municipal authorities. No casualties were immediately reported.

The widespread attack was the latest to target crucial infrastructure in Ukraine. Moscow has launched these kinds of attacks on a weekly basis since Octobercausing blackouts and interruptions to the water supply.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned on Thursday that there could be blackouts in the capital, urging people to conserve water and charge electronic devices.

After previous attacks, the Ukrainian military reportedly shot down incoming Russian missiles and explosive drones, but some continued to strike their targets, adding to the suffering of the population amid temperatures below zero.

As this latest wave of Russian attacks began on Thursday, authorities in Dnipro, Odessa and Kryvyi Rih regions said they had cut off the electricity to minimize damage to critical infrastructure in the event of an impact.

Earlier this month, the United States agreed to hand over Ukraine a battery of Patriot missiles to strengthen the defense of the country. The United States and other allies have also pledged to provide energy-related equipment to help Ukraine resist attacks on its infrastructure.

Podolyak, an adviser to Zelensky, said Russia intended “to destroy critical infrastructure and kill civilians en masse”.

EFE and AP

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