At least one person was killed and two others injured in kyiv on Thursday morning after a salvo of Russian missiles hit the capital. Two key energy sites in the Odessa region were also damaged by missile fire.
A missile attack was underway on Thursday morning against Ukraine, targeted by ” more than thirty Russian missiles “, indicated the spokesman of the Ukrainian air force on television. “ Six Tu-95s took off from the Murmansk region and launched missiles “Said Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force.
A non-residential building was hit in the Holosiivsky district of Kyiv on Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring two others, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. According to the capital’s military administration, a missile fragment fell on the neighborhood and killed a 55-year-old man. Vitali Klitschko also said that explosions had taken place in the Dniprovsk district, on the left bank of kyiv. ” An explosion in kyiv! Stay in shelters “, he had declared earlier on Telegram the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko.
For its part, the kyiv military administration reported ” more than 15 cruise missiles Russians having targeted the city, while adding that all of them had been shot down.
Power cuts
Other regions were hit by Russian strikes in the morning. Missiles struck in particular in the Odessa region. ” Two crucial energy infrastructure sites in the Odessa region were damaged the head of the Odessa district military administration said in a statement. The strike did not cause any injuries, he said, calling on the inhabitants of the city to stay in the shelters.
Consequences of these attacks, power cuts ” emergency were triggered on Thursday morning in Kyiv and three regions, the private electricity company DTEK announced. “ This is a preventive measure that will prevent major damage to electrical infrastructure if enemy missiles hit their target. “, specified the group on Telegram. Besides the capital, the cuts are in effect in its region as well as those of Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk, according to DTEK.
This new wave of Russian strikes seems to be Moscow’s military response to the announcement of the dispatch of heavy tanks by allied countries of Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov returned to these tank delivery announcements. And according to him, these correspond to ” direct involvement in the conflict from the countries that support kyiv. A point of view totally opposed to that of the allied countries of Ukraine who speak of defensive and non-offensive weapons.
(With AFP)