Russia attacked various places in Ukraine with dozens of guided missiles and ballistic missiles. Neighboring Poland activated its air force.
17.11.2024 07:00
Photo: SITA/AP, Oleg Petrasiuk
In a photo provided by the press service of the 24th Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade, members of the brigade fire a self-propelled 122 mm howitzer towards Russian positions near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
Highlights
- The war in Ukraine lasts 998 days
7:00 The Russian army launched a massive air attack on several targets in Ukraine. In Kyiv, in the early hours of the morning, explosions were heard after strikes by the air defense there; in the Ukrainian capital and several other areas of the country, they introduced preventive electricity shutdowns.
According to Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko, the target of the Russian attacks on the entire territory of Ukraine was the energy infrastructure intended for the supply of electricity.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said it was one of Russia’s largest-ever drone and missile attacks “on peaceful cities, sleeping civilians and critical infrastructure.”
In Kyiv, according to local authorities, two residential buildings were on fire; a fire broke out on them as a result of a drone attack at night. At least one person was injured, the Kyiv municipality said on the Telegram platform.
“Emergency forces were dispatched to the scene,” said Kyiv Mayor Vitalij Klitschko.
Extensive explosions were also reported from other Ukrainian cities Zaporozhye, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa. Ukraine’s air defense said that Russia attacked targets across the country with dozens of cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, including strategic bombers.
Poland activated its air force in the early hours of Sunday morning to secure its airspace after a massive Russian missile attack on neighboring Ukraine, the Polish armed forces said.
“As a result of a massive attack by the Russian Federation using cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones on objects located, among others, in the west of Ukraine, Polish and allied aircraft began to operate in our airspace,” the Polish Army’s operational command on Platform X said.
It added that “all available forces and resources have been activated” and fighter jets in pairs, ground-based air defense systems and a radar reconnaissance system have been put “on high alert.
Ukraine has been defending itself against the Russian military invasion for almost 1,000 days, DPA reminds.
Source: spravy.pravda.sk
