Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine tonight, Ukrainian authorities reported, according to which the attack with hundreds of drones and missiles has so far injured at least ten people in the capital Kiev and the city of Zaporizhia, reported Agence France-Presse, quoted by BTA.
"Russia has launched a new massive air attack on Ukrainian cities while people were sleeping. Once again, hundreds of drones and missiles that destroy residential buildings and cause civilian casualties," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga said on the social network "Ex".
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported six injured after a massive attack, five of whom are in hospital. At least four strikes were launched on the city of Zaporozhye in southeastern Ukraine, according to the governor of the Zaporozhye region, Ivan Feodorov. He reported four injuries.
The Russian Defense Ministry, for its part, announced today that Russian air defense forces shot down 41 Ukrainian drones overnight.
"Last night, air defense forces on duty destroyed 41 Ukrainian unmanned aircraft of the aircraft type: 12 - over the territory of the Kursk region, 10 - over the Bryansk region, 8 - over the Belgorod region, 4 - over the Tula region, 3 - over the Yaroslavl region, 2 - over the Rostov region and one each over the Novgorod and Samara regions", the ministry said, quoted by TASS.
Meanwhile, Poland announced that it was preemptively mobilizing its military aviation due to the actions of Russian long-range aviation in Ukraine. This also comes after about twenty Russian drones entered Polish airspace, as well as three fighter jets in Estonian skies in less than two weeks, AFP reports.
Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine tonight, Ukrainian authorities said, according to which at least ten people have been injured in the attack with hundreds of drones and missiles in the capital Kiev and the city of Zaporizhia, Agence France-Presse reported.
"Russia has launched a new massive air attack on Ukrainian cities while people were sleeping. Once again, hundreds of drones and missiles, destroying residential buildings and causing civilian casualties," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga said on the social network "Ex".
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported six injured after the massive attack, five of whom are in hospital. At least four strikes were launched on the city of Zaporozhye in southeastern Ukraine, according to the governor of the Zaporozhye region, Ivan Feodorov. He reported four injuries.
The Russian Defense Ministry, for its part, announced today that Russian air defense forces shot down 41 Ukrainian drones overnight.
"Last night, air defense forces on duty destroyed 41 Ukrainian unmanned aircraft of the aircraft type: 12 - over the territory of the Kursk region, 10 - over the Bryansk region, 8 - over the Belgorod region, 4 - over the Tula region, 3 - over the Yaroslavl region, 2 - over the Rostov region and one each over the Novgorod and Samara regions", the ministry said, quoted by TASS.
Meanwhile, Poland announced that it was preemptively mobilizing its military aviation due to the actions of Russian long-range aviation in Ukraine. This also follows the entry of about twenty Russian drones into Polish airspace, as well as three fighter jets into Estonian skies in less than two weeks, AFP reports.