The bombardment began around midnight and continued until dawn on Monday. Russian forces fired drones, cruise missiles and Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles at 15 regions of Ukraine.
Russia launched in the early hours of this Monday a massive attack con missiles y drones that affected 15 regions of Ukrainemore than half of the country.
At least three people were killed, one in the western city of Lutsk, another in the central Dnipropetrovsk region and another in the partially occupied Zaporizhzhia region in the southeast. 13 others were injured.
In the attack they used dronesmissiles cruise y hypersonic ballistic missiles Kinzhal, which caused electricity outages throughout Ukraine.
were also heard explosions in kyiv that interrupted the supply of electricity and water. But the damage spread to other regions of Ukrainesaid the country’s Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal.
Emergency blackouts to stabilize the electrical grid
Incidents were recorded in the region of Amountsin the east, in the regions of Mykolaiv y Odessain the south, and in the region of Rivnein the west.
Ukraine’s private energy company DTEK carried out emergency blackouts to stabilize the systemand said that “energy workers across the country work 24/7 to reset light“.
In Amountsa province bordering Russia in the east, local officials said 194 settlements they suffered a total blackoutwhile others 19 they had a blackout partial.
Ukraine opens shelters and Poland activates air defenses
Ukrainian authorities have been ordered to open “invincibility points,” or places that serve as refugio where people can charge their devices and cool off during power outages. Meanwhile, neighboring Poland activated its air defenses and those of the I’LL TAKE in the eastern part of the country.
Ukraine, which has unleashed a powerful military offensive in the region of Kurskreportedly injured four people during a drone attack during the night and morning of this Monday in the Russian region of Saratov. Russia’s Defense Ministry said a total of 22 Ukrainian drones.
kyiv urges allies to provide long-range weapons
Ukraine has once again called on the allies to provide you long range weapons to power attack more effectively the russian territory.
“To stop the barbaric bombing of Ukrainian cities, it is necessary to destroy the place from which Russian missiles are launched“, declared the Ukrainian Prime Minister this Monday. “We have the support of our allies and we will make Russia pay without hesitation.”
The exchange of gunfire occurred just a few days after the visit of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modia Kiev.
Modi offered himself as a “friend” to try to achieve a peaceful resolution of the conflict. The two leaders discussed a possible “peace formula” which would prioritize territorial integrity and the withdrawal of Russian troops, according to India’s Ministry of External Affairs. “We say it very loud and clear: we support the respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity“Modi said. “It is our top priority.”
