At least one person has died and two have been injured this Friday in attacks carried out by the Russian Army against various towns in the region of Zaporizhia, as confirmed by the authorities. They have also pointed out that two other people have been injured in the capital, kyiv, after the sixth consecutive day of missile attack.
The Governor of Zaporizhia, Yuri Malashkohas indicated in his Telegram account that the Russian troops have attacked 22 towns in the region with shelling, artillery and drones. “Unfortunately, a Russian shell hit a residential building in Guliaipol and killed a 68-year-old resident“, has manifested.
“Furthermore, during an artillery attack on Plavni a family has been injured“, he pointed out, while specifying that it is a 35-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman. “They were quickly transferred to a medical facility with injuries caused by explosives“, he has detailed.
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For his part, the governor of the kyiv region, Ruslan Kravchenko, has outlined in his account on the social network Facebook that “the enemy continues its massive and systematic attack on the kyiv region“. “The Russians have attacked the area tonight with missiles and drones. Thanks to the professional work of our air defense units, there are no hits. All enemy targets have been destroyed,” he noted.
“Unfortunately, there are victims. Two people, including a child, have been injured by of falling fragments. The adult has been hospitalized and underwent an operation. Your life is not at risk“Kravchenko said, adding that five houses have suffered material damage due to falling debris from the projectiles.
30 missiles in kyiv
The attack that Russia has launched this morning against the Ukrainian capital is the sixth in the last six days. The attackers used “more than 30“missiles and drones that were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses, the kyiv Military Administration reported early on Friday.
“The terror continues in kyiv with air strikes. The terrorists are desperate and they attack the capital almost without stopping. In the last six days the ‘Ruscists’ have launched the sixth air strike against the city,” read the report of the Military Administration, which uses the term used by Ukrainians to designate Russians who support the war.
According to the source, Russian forces this time used a combination of Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones launched from “different directions” and cruise missiles fired by planes from the region of the Russian Federation for the attack. Caspian Sea.
According to the daily report of the Ukrainian General Staff, Ukrainian air defenses shot down last night 15 cruise missiles and 18 Shahed drones. The report does not specify the place where they were shot down, but the figure seems to coincide with the “more than 30 targets” intercepted about which the kyiv Administration speaks.
Russia has increased since the end of April intensity and frequency of their drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
Although the Western defensive systems that Ukraine has deployed in kyiv bring down the practically all the projectilesseveral people have died in recent days as a result of falling debris after the interceptions.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia seeks with these attacks to demoralize the population and exhaust the ammunition of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems. kyiv is working to convince its allies to send more Patriot missile systems so it can better defend its territory from air attacks.
