Russia has launched a second straight day of missile and drone assaults, focusing on a number of Ukrainian areas and killing not less than 5 folks.
Two folks have been killed when a lodge was “worn out” by a missile within the central metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, regional officers mentioned on Tuesday. Three died in drone assaults on the southeastern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia.
On Monday, Russia pummelled Ukrainian power infrastructure with more than 200 missiles and drones.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday mentioned Kyiv would retaliate and requested allies to contemplate joint air defence operations and supply long-range weapons capabilities.
Ukraine’s air pressure mentioned it downed 5 of 10 incoming Russian missiles and 60 of 81 drones in Tuesday’s assaults. It added that it misplaced monitor of 10 extra drones that possible got here down someplace on its territory. One drone crossed into Belarusian territory; 10 extra have been nonetheless flying round Ukraine’s airspace on Tuesday morning, it mentioned.
The Russian Ministry of Defence mentioned its forces carried out a high-precision weapons strike on Ukraine in a single day, the Interfax information company reported. Moscow has denied focusing on civilians since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 though hundreds have been killed.
Within the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, the navy administration mentioned air defences shot down all incoming targets aimed on the metropolis. There have been no casualties and two small fires attributable to particles have been put out by emergency companies, native authorities mentioned.
Two civilians could also be nonetheless below the rubble of the lodge in Kryvyi Rih and 5 have been injured within the assault, Serhiy Lisak, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk area, the place Kryvyi Rih is situated, mentioned on Telegram.
Three folks have been injured within the Zaporizhzhia area and 4 have been damage in a missile strike on the northeastern area of Kharkiv in a single day, native authorities mentioned.