Russia launches biggest ‘massive strike’ with missiles and drones on Ukraine since invasion began

Russia launched its largest “massive attack” this Friday with explosive missiles and drones that have hit several cities in Ukraine since the invasion began, the Ukrainian army said a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky asked in Brussels for more weapons for his European allies.

air force representative UkraineSuch data about the massive attack that the country is experiencing today is provided by Yuriy Ignat in statements to local television, which are collected by the Ukrinform agency.

Russian troops “fired a record number of S-300 missiles at Ukraine last night, including up to 35 in Zaporozhye (southeast) and Kharkiv (northeast) regions, and also used “seven Shahed drones” made by Iran. It was probably a record attack,” Ignat said.

He said the Russians are using “these weapons for terror. When we shoot down enemy missiles using (our) S-300s, Russia launches them in densely populated cities,” the military condemned.

He also explained that the Russian army is launching these types of missiles farther and farther, which increases the chances of their arbitrary defeat.

“We need more powerful weapons”

He added that Ukraine it has every right to retaliate and destroy the launchers of these missiles, wherever they are.

“Our fighters attack these anti-aircraft missile systems every day with HARM anti-radar missiles. But so far this is not enough. We need more powerful weapons and an adequate response to the enemy terrorizing the civilian population,” Ignat said.

Attack launched today Russia It affected many regions of the country, including some cities such as Kyiv, Odessa, Lviv and the Zaporozhye region, home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, now in Russian hands.

The attack takes place just two weeks before the first year of the invasion of the country and a few hours after the President UkraineVolodymyr Zelenskyy visited the UK and France and took part in the European Union summit in Brussels yesterday.

It was Zelenskiy’s second official trip since the start of the invasion, following a trip to Washington in December that also made a stop in neighboring Poland.

Missiles over Romania and Moldova?

On Friday morning, two Russian cruise missiles flew over NATO members Romania and Moldova before entering Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian army commander. Ukraine.

Two shells fired “from the Black Sea” “crossed the airspace of Romania at about 08:33 Moscow time” and entered the airspace of Ukraine, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny said in a statement.

The Romanian Ministry of Defense denied that the missiles launchedr Russia against Ukraine cross their territory. Not once,” the statement said, “did a missile enter “Romanian airspace.”

As explained in the official note, the closest the missile was to Romanian airspace on its way is 35 kilometers from the country’s northeastern border.

At the same time, Moldova condemned the violation of its airspace during the Russian missile attack on Ukraine.

The missile flew over “the city of Mokra in the separatist region of Transnistria, and then over Kosavtsy in the Soroca region” in the direction Ukraine”, – explained in the Ministry of Defense of Moldova.

Power outages in different regions

The Russian missile strike forced the Ukrainian authorities to introduce an emergency power outage in a number of regions, the Energy Ministry said in a statement.

According to Energy Minister German Galushchenko, the attacks damaged the infrastructure for generating thermal energy, as well as high-voltage installations in six different regions.

He added that Zaporozhye (south), Kharkiv (north) and Khmelnytsky (west) regions are experiencing the most difficult situations, energy grid companies are tirelessly working to restore power supply.

“Primary goal Russia again there were power plants and high-voltage facilities,” the operator of the electricity grid Ukrenergo said in a statement.

Emergency shutdowns have been introduced in Kharkiv, while restrictions are in place in Khmelnitsky and Odessa (south) and Kyiv (center) regions, the source added.

(According to EFE and AFP)

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