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Ukraine affirmed on Wednesday that its anti-aircraft defense shot down more than twenty cruise missiles and numerous explosive drones, in the “most powerful” attack against kyiv since the boreal spring, which left two dead.
The attack occurred at a time when Russia stated that an airport near the border with Estonia it was being targeted by drones, and according to state agencies, several planes were damaged.
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An AFP journalist in kyiv heard at least three loud explosions around 05:00 (0200 GMT). A total of 28 cruise missiles and 16 explosive drones were launched against the country.
The Military Administration of the City of kyiv described the attack as the “more powerful” against the capital since the boreal spring, and “Two people died from falling debris”indicated Sergiy Popkohead of that administration.
Russian troops launched “groups” of Iranian drones shahed against the capital, which was also targeted by air force missiles, the military administration of kyiv.
AFP reporters saw municipal workers assessing the damage to the roof of a Apartment building with smashed windows, whose residents cleaned up the debris.
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Attacks in the Black Sea
At the beginning of the invasionin February 2022, Russia it systematically attacked Ukrainian cities, but the assaults subsided as Russian stocks were depleted and Ukrainian defenses increased.
Ukrainefor its part, increased attacks with drones within Russia.
Russia claimed to have destroyed four Ukrainian vessels with about 50 soldiers on board in the Black Sea and claimed to have shot down Ukrainian drone strikes in various parts of its territory.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian aircraft destroyed “four high-speed military vessels” in it Black Sea around midnight Moscow.
The boats carried “landing units of the forces of special operations Ukrainian women with a total number of up to 50 people”he added.
The statement did not give details about the part of the Black Sea in which the events occurred.
And earlier on Wednesday, on the shores of the same waters, Russian defenses repulsed a “maritime drone attack” near Sevastopol Bay, on the annexed peninsula of crimeareported the local governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev.
So much kyiv as Moscow intensified their activity in the Black Sea since Russia withdrew from an agreement sponsored by the UN and Türkiye to facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain through its waters.
Sevastopol is the base of the Russian fleet of the Black Sea and the largest city in crimeaa frequent target of attacks by kyiv.
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Counteroffensive
kyiv launched a counter-offensive in June to recover the territories occupied by Russia since the start of the invasion in February 2022, as well as crimeathe peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.
On Monday, Ukrainian soldiers captured the town of robotyneon the southern front, which will help the counteroffensive move to the south of the territory, said the head of Ukrainian diplomacy in a speech released on Wednesday.
“By entrenching ourselves on the flanks of robotynewe open the way to [las ciudades del sur de] Tokmakand then towards Melitopol and the (administrative) border of crimea”he declared on Tuesday Dmytro Kuleba in Paris.
On the other hand, Russian air defenses “they rejected” an attack at the airport pskov (northwest), located about 800 kilometers from Ukraine and close to the borders of Latvia and Estoniaformer Soviet republics now within the European Union.
The governor of the homonymous region, Mikhail Vedernikovposted a video on social media of a large fire with sounds of explosions and sirens in the background.
The authorities were gauging the damage from the attack which, according to this governor, did not leave human victims.
Two heavy transport planes caught fire, said the Emergencies Ministryquoted by the Russian press agency RIA Novosti.
Authorities from other regions such as Briansk and Oriolenearly Ukraine, and Kaluga and Ryazanaround Moscowreported that they had destroyed or shot down Ukrainian drones.
The mayor of the Russian capital also pointed out that the air defenses had destroyed a drone “headed to moscow” which caused no damage or casualties, according to initial reports.
weeks ago Ukraine launches drone strikes against Moscow and other regions of Russia almost daily, in an attempt to bring the conflict into rival territory.
Source: Elcomercio
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