Russia launches 150 missiles and drones against Ukraine, in the biggest bombing of the war; there are at least 12 dead

Russia this Friday fired more than 150 missiles and drones against several cities in the Ukraine, including the capital Kiev, and caused at least 12 deaths, in one of the most important air attacks in “a long time”. “The enemy used 158 means of air attack against Ukraine last night, both missiles of different types and drones”, indicated the Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram, where it stated that it had intercepted 114 of these missiles and drones.

The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, described the weapons used by Russia in the bombings: “Today Russia used almost all types of weapons in its arsenal: Kinzhal (missiles), S-300, cruise missiles and drones. “Strategic bombers launched X-101 and X-505 missiles,” he wrote on the X social network.

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The Ukrainian government indicated that there was at least 12 dead and dozens injured.

This photo taken by the Ukrainian National Police on December 29, 2023 shows Ukrainian firefighters and police officers working after an attack in the city of Dnipro. (Photo from Leaflet/National Police of Ukraine/AFP). (FLYER/)

“There are deaths caused by Russian missiles launched at civilian installations and buildings,” reported Andrii Yermakhead of the Ukrainian presidential administration.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve seen so much red on our screens,” recognized Yuri Ignat, Air Force Spokesperson.

The Russian military first launched an attack with drones and soon missilesnecessary Ignat.

A Ukrainian official near the site of a nighttime rocket attack on a maternity hospital in Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk region, southeastern Ukraine, on December 29, 2023. (EFE/EPA/ARSEN DZODZAIEV). (ARSEN DZODZAIEV/)

The attack occurred three days after Moscow acknowledged that The ship “Novocherkassk” was damaged on Tuesday due to Ukrainian shelling in Feodosia, on the annexed Crimean peninsula.

This week was also marked by the Ukrainian army’s announcement of a withdrawal to the suburbs of Marinkaa city in the east of the country that the Russian army claims to have conquered.

The United States announced on Wednesday the disbursement of 250 million dollars in military aid to Ukrainethe last support package available to the government without Congressional approval.

“We are doing everything we can to strengthen our air shield, but the world must see that we need more help and means to stop this terror,” he added. Ermak on Telegram.

Friday’s attacks illustrate “the horrible reality” experienced by Ukrainians, said the UN humanitarian coordinator for UkraineDenise Brown, who denounced “a wave of hate-filled attacks”.

An affected motherhood

In the early hours of Thursday to Friday, the mayors of Lviv (west) and Kharkiv (northeast) reported nighttime bombings against their cities.

AFP journalists also heard loud explosions early in the morning in Kyiv.

In a northern neighborhood of the Ukrainian capital, a 3,000 m2 hangar caught fire and there were “numerous injuries”according to the head of the capital’s military administration, Sergei Popko.

According to the mayor of KyivVitali Klitschko, seven people “are currently admitted to hospital” and a metro station used as an air raid shelter was damaged.

The bombings also affected the cities of Dnieper (that’s it Odessa (south), according to local authorities.

The Ministry of Health indicated that A maternity hospital “was badly damaged” in Dnipro, where the mayor reported deaths and injuries.

In Odessaa building caught fire after the remains of a downed drone hit it.

Local authorities indicated that there was one death and three injuries in Lviva city very far from the front and where attacks have been very rare in recent months.

Begun in June, the Ukrainian counter-offensive failed and the Kiev army made no territorial advances throughout 2023in which there were no significant changes at the front.

The German general Christian Freudingwho oversees support Ukraine by the German army, recognized that Russia He demonstrated “a capacity for resistance” greater than that predicted by Western countries at the start of the war, in February 2022, in an interview with the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.

According to Freuding, the Russian army suffered “huge” losses, of around 315 thousand soldiers killed or injured, according to an estimate by the American intelligence services, released on December 12 and which this German general considered true.

Source: Elcomercio