A day after the West promised to supply tanks, Russia launched a new wave of attacks on Ukraine. Large parts of the country were shelled on Thursday. Authorities in Kiev say at least 11 people have been killed in drone and missile attacks and another 11 injured.
In Kiev, Thursday’s attacks claimed the first fatality this year: a 55-year-old man was killed as a result of a Russian missile strike. Two other people were injured, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. Countless people sought shelter in the metro stations of the Ukrainian capital. Attacks were also reported from Vinnytsia southwest of Kiev and Odessa to the south. In both areas there were reports of hits on objects of important infrastructure.
Intercepted 47 of 55 missiles
According to sources in Kiev, Russia fired 55 missiles at Ukraine on Thursday. 47 of them were intercepted, Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valeriy Saluschnyi said on Telegram. The Russian military has also deployed two Kinzhal (dagger) hypersonic missiles, which cannot be intercepted by anti-aircraft fire.
Since October, Russia has been targeting critical infrastructure in Ukraine with missiles and drones. This leads time and time again to power outages in large parts of the country. The heating and water supply are also regularly interrupted. Due to the danger of missile attacks, the power company DTEK ordered an emergency shutdown of the power supply in the Kiev, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk regions in the morning.
Western countries supply tanks
On Wednesday, Germany and the United States announced the delivery of Leopard and Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine. Several European countries also agreed to supply the German-made Leopard tanks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his video address on Wednesday that he had also asked NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for long-range missiles and aircraft.
The more support Ukraine receives from the West, the bigger the “special operation” will be, Russia’s chief negotiator at the OSCE military security and arms control talks in Vienna, Konstantin Gavrilov, told the TV channel on Thursday. , said the Russian news agency TASS Russia 24 with.
Source: Krone
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