Ukraine: 3 killed by major Russian rocket attack and drones

At least three people died in the west and south and five were injured in its central part, after a large one launched on Monday morning (26.8. 24) Russia, according to Ukrainian officials. More than half of Ukraine’s regions were affected by large-scale Russian missile and drone attack early this morning, as Ukrainian Prime Minister Dennis Smyhal noted. “Today 15 regions were hit by mass Russian attack. The enemy used various types of weapons: drones, cruise missiles and Kinzhals (supersonic missiles). There are wounded and dead,” the Ukrainian Prime Minister says in his post on Telegram. The Russian attacks affected energy installations in at least 3 Ukrainian regions, announced regional officials at the same time. A powerful expansion has Occured at the Gazpromneft-ONPZ oil refining in Omsk, Russian media linked to law environments report. — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) ️ Four people were involved in Odessa, including a 10-year-old boy Head of the State Administration of Ukraine, Kipper stated that the Russian targeted the region’s energy and civil infrastructure. Debris from the rockets tamed private homes and numerous vehicles. There are… — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) Authorities of the districts of Zaporizia, Rivne, and Lviv reported in posts on Telegram that energy installations in their areas were attacked. Local officials in other areas also said that energy installations and critical infrastructure in their regions were a target. Three dead and five wounded. In posts on Telegram, Dnipropetrovsk district chiefs, in southeastern Ukraine, and Zaporizia, in the south, as did the mayor of Lutsk, in the northwestern part of the country, said they have of a dead man in their areas. “The interim account mentions a dead man, this is a 69-year-old,” noted Sergij Lisak, the head of Dnipropetrovsk’s regional administration. “In the morning, the intruder massively attacked the district. Explosions were heard in the areas of Dnipro and Krivi Rigg”, two major mining towns, he noted. Further south, “the Russians killed a civilian in the Zaporizia region,” said Ivan Fedoro, head of Zaporizia’s regional administration. “The enemy struck near a private residence,” he noted. In the city of Lutsk, where an important air base is located, “a building was damaged”, Igor Mayor Polischuk announced, specifying that a man lost his life there. Explosions were also felt this morning over the Ukrainian capital, according to AFP reporters. In the sky of Kiev there appeared small smoke clouds caused by anti-aircraft defence systems, while a cloud of black smoke was distinguished over the eastern part of the Ukrainian capital, according to reporters. “Please remain calm in the shelters,” said Kiev City authorities in their Telegram account. The Ukrainian energy company DTEK also announced damage to the power grid. “Technicalians work to restore power supply,” the municipal authorities of Kiev clarified in their announcement. Earlier today Kiev mayor Vitali Clitsko reported in his post on Telegram that there were power and water blackouts in parts of Kiev, while DTEK had announced that it went on to emergency power outages after the attacks. Russia often launches air attacks in Ukraine and some are targeting the country’s energy infrastructure resulting in a halt to power supply to millions of Ukrainians. The current attack also aimed at the Lviv district’s power grid facilities in the western part of the country. “There are therefore partial power outages in Lviv and its district,” noted Maxim district chief Kozitsky in his post on Telegram. Earlier, an attack on an industrial facility in the central district of Poltava caused the injury of five people, according to Philip Pronin’s district chief. Kiev wants long-range hits in Russia Following this massive Russian attack in Ukraine, Andri Jermak, the chief of staff of the Ukrainian president, called on Kiev’s allies to allow Ukraine long-range attacks in Russia with weapons supplied by Ukraine from the West. “A decision of this kind will accelerate the end of Russian terrorism,” Jermak noted in a post on Telegram.