Ukraine: Russian drones damage critical infrastructure in Kiev – News

to write Reuters This Monday, according to Ukrainian officials, Russia extended its attack on critical infrastructure that began on Monday into the second day of the year, with a “massive attack” in Kiev and areas around the capital in the early hours of the morning.

Ukraine’s air force says its anti-aircraft systems destroyed 39 Iranian-made Shahid drones used by Russian forces in last night’s attack.

According to Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko, attacks since the beginning of this year have cut off electricity and heat in the city.

Second Balance sheet released yesterday by the Ukrainian militaryRussian bombings killed at least four people and wounded 50 in the hours before and after the New Year.

According to the latest information released by local and regional authorities, the blasts took place in the capital city of Kiev and seven regions of Ukraine.

Three people, including a 22-year-old woman, were killed in the western city of Khmelnitski. According to Ukrainian authorities, a fourth victim of Russian bombing in the Zaporizhia region in the south of the country has lost his life.

Among the 50 wounded were two teenagers, aged 13 and 12, who live in a village near the southern city of Kherson that was recaptured by Ukrainian troops in November. In central Kiev, a missile hit the facade of a hotel.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, strikes against Ukraine on the last day of the year targeted the neighboring country’s military-industrial complex and warehouse installations of ‘attack drones’.

“On December 31, long-range and precision weapons of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex involved in the production of attack drones used by the Russian Armed Forces to carry out terrorist attacks against the Russian Federation hit aerial targets,” they said. , quoted by Efe.

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According to defense spokesman Igor Konashenko, the missiles “hit warehouses and attack drone launch systems”, so “the objective of the attack was achieved”. “The Kiev regime’s plans to launch terrorist attacks against Russia in the future have failed,” he added.

The Russian military offensive in Ukraine was launched on February 24 and was generally condemned by the international community, which retaliated by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing political and economic sanctions on Russia.

According to the United Nations, the invasion and resulting war have already displaced more than 14 million people, more than half of whom have gone to other European countries, nearly 18 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian assistance and 9.3 million are in need of food support. Accommodation is available.

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