Like every night since September, the Ukrainians wake up to explosions after a new Russian air attack. Last night, the capital was particularly targeted with missiles and drones, a first in two months.
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It was a new awakening to explosions for the inhabitants of the Ukrainian capital this Wednesday morning. kyiv and the rest of the country were attacked with at least missiles, including Iskanders. In total, according to the Air Force, six missiles and 90 drones targeted the regions of kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkassy, Zaporizhia, Cherniguiv and Kirovograd during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. Only the Zaporizhia region is located on the front.
A man was injured and a warehouse caught fire in the suburbs of the capital, reports our correspondent in kyiv, Emmanuelle Chaze. The city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, warned that power cuts could be implemented preemptively due to the strikes. Drones also struck the southern town of Beryslav, killing a 52-year-old woman, regional authorities reported.
Intensification of raids on kyiv and advances in the east
This escalation comes the day American Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised, in Brussels, a response “ farm » to North Korean engagement alongside Russia in the war in Ukraine. In this regard, Washington corroborated kyiv’s assertions that North Korean troops are now ” engaged in combat operations » alongside Russian soldiers in the Russian region of Kursk, a small part of which is occupied by Ukrainian forces.
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Russia has significantly stepped up drone raids on kyiv, carrying them out almost daily since early October, but this is the first time in more than two months that missiles have been fired at the Ukrainian capital at the same time. Also, the country’s energy system has been heavily damaged by Russian strikes which are trying to make Ukraine unlivable for its population. And for two months, in addition to its ground aggression, Russia has been attacking Ukraine daily with waves of kamikaze drones, in order to exhaust Ukraine’s anti-aircraft defense.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov, for his part, reiterated that the Russian army was not striking “ as military targets », in response to a question about the increase in civilian casualties in Ukraine. Note that in eastern Ukraine, the Russian army, despite significant losses, conquered hundreds of square kilometers in October and is approaching tactically or strategically important cities, in particular that of Pokrovsk. Moscow on Wednesday claimed the conquest of Rivnopil, a pre-war village of less than 100 inhabitants located at the junction of the eastern and southern fronts.