Last morning, Russia launched a new massive attack against Ukraine with a total of 41 missiles of various types, of which 21 were shot down by the Ukrainian defenses in various oblasts throughout the country, the Ukrainian Air Force reported this Tuesday, and that According to Telegram channels, they have caused at least 5 deaths and dozens of injuries.
Among the weapons used, 15 cruise missiles and another 12 ballistic missiles stand out. Ukrainian air defenses managed to shoot down all of the cruise missiles. As for the ballistic missiles, 5 of the 12 could be intercepted before they hit their target.
The main target of the attacks has once again been the capital, Kyiv, where many residents have woken up to the sound of explosions and have spent the more than two hours that the anti-aircraft alarm that announced the arrival of missiles took refuge in the subway. .
As explained by the Kyiv Military Administration, the Russians have first launched several cruise missiles on the capital, fired in two different waves from planes located in the airspace of the Russian Federation. Russian forces subsequently fired a new round of ballistic missiles.
“About twenty air targets have been hit over Kyiv by air defenses and other (defense) means,” writes the city’s Military Administration on its Telegram account. “But as a consequence of this combined missile attack on the capital,” the note acknowledges, “there has been damage and casualties.”
At least 5 people have died throughout Ukraine during these attacks, which have also left dozens injured. One of the victims lost his life in Kyiv and three others died in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, where one of the missiles destroyed a residential building, also leaving many injured. The fifth victim has died in the city of Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
After the attack, the Kremlin has denied that the action was in response to the deadly bombing of the city of Donetsk, controlled by Moscow since 2014. “No, it cannot be done,” responded the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, to a asks whether the attack can be considered a response to the bombing of Donetsk, which left 27 dead last Sunday.
Peskov assured that the Russian military does not attack civilian infrastructure and the population of Ukraine, “unlike the Kyiv regime.” “This is what radically differentiates our military from those of the Kyiv regime,” he said.
