Russia fired “99 missiles of various types” at Ukraine on Tuesday morning, 72 of which were shot down by air defense, said the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army Valery Zalouzhny, a “massive” attack which caused at least five dead.
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Ukrainian forces “destroyed 72 aerial targets”, including 10 Kinjal hypersonic missiles and three Kalibr cruise missiles as well as 59 Kh-101, Kh-555 and Kh-55 cruise projectiles, he said on Telegram .
According to him, Russia began its attacks in the night by launching 35 Shahed explosive drones on its neighbor, all of which were shot down.
The Ukrainian military said Russia launched 99 missiles, 72 of which were shot down.
Starting at 6 a.m. local time, a series of missile salvos were fired from several directions, including using Tu-95 strategic bombers, Mig-31 and Su-35 fighters, he added.
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“Civil and essential infrastructure, industrial and military sites have been attacked. The main target of these strikes was the Ukrainian capital,” said Mr. Zalouzhny.
In total, 61 missiles, including “around ten Kinjals” were destroyed in the airspace of Kyiv and its region, said the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko.
Two people were killed and several dozen others injured in an affected residential building in the Solomiansky district, near the center, according to the latest report published by the authorities.
Two other people were also killed in the Kyiv region and a third in Kharkiv, the country’s second city located in the east, according to the authorities.
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More than 250,000 people were also deprived of electricity in the Ukrainian capital following these bombings.
“At present, 92 people have been injured. (…) Unfortunately, four people died,” reacted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram, denouncing a campaign of “Russian terror”.
This new series of strikes comes the day after Vladimir Putin threatened to “intensify” strikes in Ukraine in retaliation for the attack of unprecedented scale