Second Day Of Massive Russian Strikes In Ukraine
Just one day after one of its largest airstrikes of the conflict, Russia has struck Ukraine again, this time with terrible results.
According to officials, a wave of drone strikes on the southeast area of Zaporizhzhia claimed the lives of two further persons and killed at least two in an attack on a hotel in the central city of Kryvyi Rih.
Russian hypersonic missiles were earlier seen being launched by Ukrainian monitors, and the air force reported shooting down five missiles and sixty drones.
Drones and missiles assaulted almost half of Ukraine’s regions during the night of Sunday and Monday, resulting in at least six fatalities and several injuries.
Numerous communities experienced outages due to damage to their power infrastructure, which also impacted water supply.
Long-range air and sea-based precision weapons have been deployed to target power plants and related infrastructure throughout Ukraine, particularly in Kyiv, Lviv, the Kharkiv, and Odesa areas, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
US President Joe Biden referred to the attacks as “outrageous” and declared that Washington would keep backing Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
“Russia’s cowardly missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure” were denounced by UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
In the most recent assaults, which lasted into Tuesday night, Russia claimed to have fired 81 drones and 10 missiles.
Late on Monday, a ballistic missile in Kryvyi Rih struck a hotel, killing one man and one woman and injuring numerous others. There were two reported missing persons.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, was born and raised in Kryvyi Rih.
According to Ivan Fedorov, the chairman of the regional administration in Zaporizhzhia, drone strikes have resulted in two fatalities and four injuries.
There have also been reports of explosions in the regions of Mykolayiv, Khmelnytsky, Sumy, and Kiev.
Multiple hypersonic Kinzhal (dagger) ballistic missile launches have been observed. These missiles are difficult for air defense systems to intercept.
Moscow’s current assaults are perceived as an effort to regain command of the conflict following Ukraine’s recent territorial gains in Russia’s Kursk region.
Russia started attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in February 2022, when it launched its full-scale invasion.
It has stepped up its campaign of attacks on the electrical grid in recent months, leading to periodic blackouts across the nation.
Mr. Zelensky urged Western allies, such as the US, UK, and France, to alter their regulations and permit Ukraine to utilize its weaponry to launch an offensive deeper into Russia on Monday.
Certain Western weapons, but not long-range weapons, may be used by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia.
In his words, “we could do much more to protect lives” if the air defense of Ukraine and the European air forces collaborated.
