Monday has been declared a day of mourning in Sevastopol, with the cancellation of public events following the attacks on Crimea.
Russian authorities reported the death of six people and more than a hundred injured in Ukrainian attacks with drones and missiles this Sunday.
While the second day of Russian airstrikes on Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, killed at least one person. Ukraine’s second city has been transformed into Russia’s priority objective.
Among the five dead were two kidswhich were hit by falling Ukrainian missile debris shot down over a coastal area of SevastopolCrimean port city annexed by Russia confirmed Mikhail Razvozhayev, city governor installed by Moscow. Another person died in the city of Gráivoronin the Russian region of Belgradebordering Ukraine, reported the regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov. In May he also suffered intense attacks.
Fires in buildings and forests
Ukraine has attacked again in Crimea. Razvozhayev said 151 people were injured in Sebastopol. Falling rocket fragments caused a forest fire of more than 150 square meters that set fire to a residential building, according to RIA Novosti, which noted that a fifth missile had exploded over the city.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that both Ukraine as USA were “responsible of a deliberate missile attack against civilians.” He said that missiles were used in the Ukrainian attack ATACMS supplied by the United States.
Razvozhayev declared Monday a day of mourning in Sevastopol, with cancellation of public events.
Air defenses shot down 33 Ukrainian drones over the western Russian regions of Briansk, Smolensk, Lipetsk y Tula, as reported on Sunday by the Russian Ministry of Defense. No casualties or damage were reported.
New attacks in Kharkiv
A new attack in Kharkiv left at least one dead and eleven wounded on Sunday, according to local authorities. Mayor, Ihor Terekhovdeclared that the city had been attacked with a remote controlled bomb and that approximately half of Kharkiv was without electricity due to the attack.
Sunday’s attack came after Russia bombed Kharkiv on Saturday afternoon with four aerial bombswhich reached a five-story residential building in which they killed three people. The regional governor, By Syniehubovstated that 41 people were still receiving treatment for injuries sustained.
In a videotaped speech after the attack, the Ukrainian President, Volodímir Zelenskiurged Ukraine’s partners to strengthen their air defenses: “Modern air defense systems for Ukraine – such as Patriotsthe accelerated training of our pilots for the F-16 and, more importantly, the sufficient range of our weapons– are really necessary,” he declared.
Two people were injured by falling debris when two Russian missiles were shot down over the kyiv region overnight, Ukraine’s air force commander said. Mykola Oleschuk.
The regional governor of the partially occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine, Vadym Filashkinsaid Saturday’s Russian strikes killed two people and wounded four.
Russian warehouse storing Iranian-designed drone destroyed
On the other hand, the Ukrainian Navy published this Sunday photos that confirm the destruction of a warehouse in the Russian Krasnodar region in the south of the country, used for launching and storing drones Shahed Iranian design.
Navy officials said instructors and cadets died in Friday’s attack at night. Moscow has not yet commented on the reports, but officials said air defenses shot down several drones in the region overnight Friday.