Several powerful explosions rocked Kyiv on Saturday as authorities warned that the Ukrainian capital was under threat of missile attack.
"Explosions in the capital. Air defense forces are operating. Stay in shelters!" Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram.
Ukraine's air force also announced a countrywide air alert in the early hours of Saturday and said on social media that drones and missiles were moving over several Ukrainian regions, including the capital.
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Poland temporarily closes two airports due to Russian strikes on Ukraine
ReplyDeleteRzeszow and Lublin airports in southeastern Poland have been temporarily closed after the
Polish armed forces scrambled fighter jets due to Russian strikes on Ukraine, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency posted on X on Saturday.
Мониторинговые каналы сообщают о взрывах в Киеве. Под атакой ТЭЦ‑6, местные жители сообщают о перебоях с водоснабжением и электричеством.
ReplyDeleteТакже ВС РФ нанесли удары по объектам в Триполье Киевской области в Житомире.
Russia attacked Ukraine with nearly 500 drones and 40 missiles overnight, targeting energy and civilian infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteВС России нанесли массированный удар, в том числе ракетами "Кинжал", по объектам энергетической инфраструктуры и ВПК Украины, сообщили в Минобороны
ReplyDeleteЦели удара достигнуты. Все назначенные объекты поражены.
The Russian armed forces, in response to Kiev's terrorist attacks on Russian civilian targets, carried out a massive retaliatory strike, including with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, targeting Ukraine's military-linked energy facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
ReplyDelete"Last night, in response to terrorist attacks launched by the Kiev regime against civilian facilities on the territory of Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a massive strike by long-range ground-, air-, and sea-based precision weapons including Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles as well as attack unmanned aerial vehicles at power infrastructure facilities that supported the Armed Forces of Ukraine and enterprises of the Ukrainian defense industry," the statement read.
The objectives of the strike were achieved, with all designated targets hit, the ministry added.
At least one person was killed and 23 others were injured in Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital and its outskirts in the early hours of Saturday, local authorities said.
ReplyDeleteKiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that 22 people were injured in the missile and drone attack on the city, with 12 of them hospitalized. He added that more than 2,600 residential buildings, 187 kindergartens and 138 schools in Kiev were left without heating following the strikes.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kiev City Military Administration, said that the attack damaged facilities in seven districts of the capital, including at least five apartment buildings.
Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK Group, implemented emergency power cuts across Kiev due to the attacks.
In the Kiev region, one person was killed and another was injured, regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk said. He noted that the strikes targeted critical infrastructure, businesses, shops and residential buildings in six districts of the region.