Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned Russia’s in a single day and early morning barrage as “vile,” revealing that the assault concerned over 100 missiles and roughly 100 Shahed drones. The assault prompted important harm to Ukraine’s vitality infrastructure, leading to casualties and widespread disruption.
President Zelenskyy reported that the barrage, which began around midnight and continued into the morning, focused a number of Ukrainian areas, together with Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odesa, and western areas. This newest assault seems to be Russia’s largest assault on Ukraine in weeks. Zelenskyy described the strikes as geared toward crucial civilian infrastructure, with substantial harm reported throughout the nation.
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal confirmed that the assault hit 15 areas, greater than half of the nation. Russian forces used drones, cruise missiles, and hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, particularly focusing on vitality infrastructure. Shmyhal famous that Ukraine’s state-owned energy grid operator, Ukrenergo, has been compelled to implement emergency energy cuts to stabilize the system.
Shmyhal has known as on Ukraine’s allies to offer long-range weapons and permission to strike targets inside Russia to halt the “barbaric shelling” of Ukrainian cities. He emphasised the necessity to destroy the launch websites of the Russian missiles and urged worldwide help to make sure Russia is held accountable.
The Russian Protection Ministry claimed the assaults utilized “long-range precision air- and sea-based weapons and strike drones” in opposition to crucial vitality infrastructure. They said that every one designated targets have been hit.
In Kyiv, explosions have been reported, disrupting energy and water provides. Native officers confirmed not less than 4 deaths: one every in Lutsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, and Zaporizhzhia. 13 others have been injured throughout varied areas, together with Kyiv, Lutsk, Mykolaiv, and Odesa.
Energy outages
The assaults prompted blackouts and harm to civilian infrastructure and residential buildings nationwide, from Sumy within the east to Mykolaiv and Odesa within the south, and Rivne within the west. In Sumy, 194 settlements skilled a full blackout, and 19 confronted a partial blackout. Ukraine’s non-public vitality firm, DTEK, introduced emergency blackouts and is working across the clock to revive energy.
In response to the ability outages, regional officers have opened “factors of invincibility”—shelters the place individuals can cost units and obtain refreshments. This initiative, first launched in fall 2022, goals to help residents throughout vitality blackouts.
Ukraine drone assault
In neighboring Poland, army sources reported that Polish and NATO air defenses have been activated as a result of ongoing assault. In the meantime, in Russia, officers reported a Ukrainian drone assault that injured 4 individuals in Saratov. Drones hit residential buildings in Saratov and Engels, with one hitting a high-rise and one other focusing on a army airfield.
Russia’s Protection Ministry reported intercepting 22 Ukrainian drones over eight areas, together with Saratov and Yaroslavl. Moreover, Russian troops have reportedly repelled Ukrainian advances on a number of settlements within the Kursk area, which has raised considerations concerning the close by nuclear vitality plant. Worldwide Atomic Power Company chief Rafael Grossi is scheduled to guide an inspection go to to the plant on Tuesday.
(With AP inputs)
