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He army Russian launched new “massive” airstrikes on Tuesday morning against Ukrainekilling at least five civilians and injuring more than 90, according to Ukrainian authorities
Advance 25 thousand people were left without electricity in Kyivthe Ukrainian capital, after the attacks.
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“So far, there are 92 injured. (…) Unfortunately, four people died”said the Ukrainian president on Telegram Volodimir Zelenskyreporting a campaign “Russian horror.”
Two people died in Kyivtwo on the outskirts of the capital It is one in Kharkiv (this), authorities indicated.
According to the Ukrainian military, Russia Fired 99 missiles, 72 of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.
The day before, the Russian president, Vladimir Putinthreatened with “intensify” O attacks in Ukraine in retaliation for the bombing of the Russian city of Belgorod on Saturday, which came out 25 dead It is 109 injured.
Early in the morning they resounded Kyiv the air raid sirens. Shortly afterwards, ten loud explosions were heard, which shook buildings in the city center, according to AFP journalists.
A building in the neighborhood of Solomianskinear the center, it was hit by a missile, causing a fire, said the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko. In total “27 people were hospitalized”he added.
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported on Telegram “massive bombings” It is they said they were hit “residential buildings, warehouses and critical infrastructure.”
“About 260,000 people“They ran out of electricity in “several districts” in Kyivindicated the Ministry of Energy, It is advance of 20,000 in the region Kharkiv.
The national operator, Ukrenergohe lamented on Telegram “damage” in your networks.
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“Give Ukraine weapons!”
The second city of UkraineKharkiv, not far from the Russian border, was targeted “at least four attacks”that killed a 91-year-old woman, according to the region’s governor, Oleg Sinegubov.
The city mayor, Igor Terekhovalso reported that “45 people were injured, including 5 children between the ages of 6 and 13.”
In the city center, multi-story apartment blocks and civil infrastructure were damaged, according to regional authorities.
“Give Ukraine weapons!”The Secretary General of the Security Council pleaded on Telegram. It is Ukrainian defense, Oleksiï Danilov. Kyiv have had difficulty in recent weeks obtaining advance military aid from its Western allies.
Almost two years after the invasion began, Russia seems to be intensifying again attacks air.
Last Friday, a series of attacks with missiles launched by Russia against Ukraine They have already caused the death of around forty people. The following day, 25 people were killed in a Ukrainian shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod, near the border.
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Poland sends fighters
In response, Putin promised to intensify his offensive against his neighbor.
“We will intensify our attacksNo crime against civilians will go unpunished, that’s for sure,” the Russian president said during a visit to a military hospital.
“We are using precision weapons to attack decision centers, places where soldiers gather. It is mercenaries, other centers of this type It isespecially military installations,” declared, calling the Ukrainian bombing of Belgorod a “terrorist act”.
However, Putin considered that Ukraine “he is not an enemy” In itself It is accused West use the authorities of Kyiv “solve your own problems” with Russia.
Given this escalation, Polandneighbor of Ukraineannounced that it has withdrawn four of its F-16 fighters heading to the east of the country to “ensure security” of its airspace.
Source: Elcomercio
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