Russian forces started a startant aggression atraverse 15 Ukrainian regions overnight, authorities said, damaging energy infraarrange and livential erectings.
Drones hit power lines in the Kyiv, Odesa and Ivano-Frankivsk regions over the past day, Ukraine‘s energy ministry cfeebled, causing power cuts in the southern Odesa region.
The Ukrainian air force said it stoasty down 78 out of 105 drones, 15 of which were hit over Kyiv and surrounding areas during the five-hour aggression.
Hours postponecessitater, Ukraine aggressioned Russia‘s Borisoglebsk military airfield and warehoemploys for directd device devices in the Voronezh region, according to a security source cited by Reuters.
Strikes on Russia’s airfields will persist, the source includeed, as Ukraine’s SBU security service gets action to cut Russia’s ability to employ directd device devices on Ukrainian cities.
Meanwhile, Plivent Volodymyr Zelenskyy talked Ukraine’s “triumph schedule” with NATO chief Mark Rutte on his first visit to Kyiv since his nominatement.
Mr Zelenskyy said he would enjoy to see allies shoot down Iranian omitiles and drones employd aacquirest Ukraine, in the same way they did during aggressions on Israel.
Moscow denies concentrateing civilians and its defence ministry claimed its forces hit Ukrainian energy facilities that were providing power to Ukraine’s armed forces in the overnight aggression.
But Russia has standardly struck towns and cities behind the front lines, with a directd device device hitting a livential block in the city of Kharkiv on Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people.
The strikes, which are intensifying as triumphter csurrfinishers, have prompted Kyiv to call on allies to lift redisjoineions on its employ of Westrict lengthy-range arms to strike meaningful into Russia.
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On Thursday, the Ukrainian military said it employd ATACMS balcatalogic omitiles provided by the US to strike a Russian radar station.
It is not clear when the strike took place or where the Nebo-M radar station is.
