Ukraine: New Russia’s missile pounding and drones in Kiev and Lviv – 5 dead, over 30 injured

Another night hell passed land or with its armed forces hammering with missiles and drones many areas. Russia targeted Kiev, as well as Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, not far from the border with Poland, a NATO member state, announced early today (04.08.2024) in the morning the Ukrainian army. The attack cost five people life, caused more than 30 injuries and destroyed historic buildings in the heart of the city. Among the dead is a 14-year-old girl. The new blows are recorded on the next very dead attack with two ballistic missiles in the city of Poltava, central Ukraine, which cost the lives of at least 51 people and injured 271 others – the most dead Russian attack in the country in 2024, based on what is officially known. In a video posted on Telegram, Andrii Santovi, the mayor of Lviv, is depicted among the wreckage of a damaged building, stating that more than 50 buildings were damaged, from schools to residences and clinics, most in the heart of the city. Early this morning news agency reporters Reuters heard explosions near Kiev and near Lviv, which seemed due to interceptions from anti-air defence systems, as they broadcast. The military confirmed earlier that elements of anti-aircraft defense were activated to prevent the raids, talking about two waves of drones moving to Kiev. For his part, Lviv’s district chief, Maxim Kozitsky, commented via Telegram that the night had “a lot of trouble”. Buildings were damaged in the Lviv district’s capital of the same name, according to Mr. Kozitsky, who earlier spoke of many buildings, among them apartment buildings, in flames and announced that some schools would not operate today. In Poland, military aircraft of the eastern European country and its NATO allies took off quickly in the early morning hours – for the third time in eight days – to guarantee the safety of its airspace amid the new Russian raids, the operation command of the Polish armed forces announced. It was “another busy night for the entire anti-aircraft defence system in Poland”, due to the “watched long-range aviation activity of the Russian Federation”, he explained via X. Russia is pounding Ukraine with hundreds of missiles and drones in the last ten days, with some Russian blogger talking about retaliation for the recent Ukrainian invasion of Russian territory, Kursk District, which resulted in the capture of part of it. Moscow has not officially commented at this stage on the raids that took place yesterday (03.09.2024) this afternoon in Poltava and today in Lviv and Kiev. All Ukraine has been declared in an air raid alert since 04:00 (local time and time of Greece), the Air Force reported via Telegram. The same source warned that there were new threats to Lviv, especially missiles.