KYIV: Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones throughout Ukraine for a second day on Tuesday, together with some that Ukraine’s president mentioned have been shot down by Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets earlier than they reached their targets.
In feedback addressing the obvious first use by Ukraine of the F-16s to shoot down a missile, Prez Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Ukraine’s supporters for them however mentioned there have been too few, and too few pilots educated to fly them.Zelensky introduced earlier this month that Ukraine had obtained the primary batch of the fighter jets promised by Western nations, declining to say what number of had been delivered.
On Tuesday, Russia launched missile and drone assaults focusing on scores of Ukrainian areas and killing at the very least six individuals, officers mentioned, a day after Moscow’s largest air assault of the struggle on its neighbour.
Three individuals have been killed when a resort was “worn out” by a missile within the central metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, regional officers mentioned. 5 individuals have been injured and one individual was nonetheless lacking after the strike, Serhiy Lysak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk area that features Kryvyi Rih, mentioned on Telegram. Individually, three individuals have been killed in drone assaults on the southeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Zaporizhzhia.
Three individuals have been additionally injured within the Zaporizhzhia area and 4 have been harm in a missile strike on the northeastern area of Kharkiv in a single day, native authorities mentioned.
Zelensky mentioned on Tuesday that Ukraine would retaliate towards Russia for its assaults. He requested allies to contemplate joint air defence operations and supply long-range capabilities after Russia pummelled Ukrainian power infrastructure with over 200 missiles and drones on Monday.
Throughout Tuesday’s assault, Ukraine downed 5 out of 10 incoming missiles and 60 out of 81 drones, the air pressure mentioned. The Ukrainian air pressure misplaced observe of 10 extra drones which have probably come down someplace on its territory, it mentioned. Another crossed into Belarusian territory. The Russian defence ministry mentioned its forces had carried out a high-precision weapon strike on Ukraine in a single day, the Interfax information company reported. Moscow denies focusing on civilians since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, though 1000’s have been killed. A number of Russian army bloggers mentioned Moscow’s assaults have been an “act of retaliation” for Ukraine’s shock incursion into Russia’s western Kursk area – the primary such motion since World Battle II.
In Kyiv, the army administration mentioned air defences had shot down all incoming targets aimed on the metropolis. There have been no casualties.
In feedback addressing the obvious first use by Ukraine of the F-16s to shoot down a missile, Prez Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Ukraine’s supporters for them however mentioned there have been too few, and too few pilots educated to fly them.Zelensky introduced earlier this month that Ukraine had obtained the primary batch of the fighter jets promised by Western nations, declining to say what number of had been delivered.
On Tuesday, Russia launched missile and drone assaults focusing on scores of Ukrainian areas and killing at the very least six individuals, officers mentioned, a day after Moscow’s largest air assault of the struggle on its neighbour.
Three individuals have been killed when a resort was “worn out” by a missile within the central metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, regional officers mentioned. 5 individuals have been injured and one individual was nonetheless lacking after the strike, Serhiy Lysak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk area that features Kryvyi Rih, mentioned on Telegram. Individually, three individuals have been killed in drone assaults on the southeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Zaporizhzhia.
Three individuals have been additionally injured within the Zaporizhzhia area and 4 have been harm in a missile strike on the northeastern area of Kharkiv in a single day, native authorities mentioned.
Zelensky mentioned on Tuesday that Ukraine would retaliate towards Russia for its assaults. He requested allies to contemplate joint air defence operations and supply long-range capabilities after Russia pummelled Ukrainian power infrastructure with over 200 missiles and drones on Monday.
Throughout Tuesday’s assault, Ukraine downed 5 out of 10 incoming missiles and 60 out of 81 drones, the air pressure mentioned. The Ukrainian air pressure misplaced observe of 10 extra drones which have probably come down someplace on its territory, it mentioned. Another crossed into Belarusian territory. The Russian defence ministry mentioned its forces had carried out a high-precision weapon strike on Ukraine in a single day, the Interfax information company reported. Moscow denies focusing on civilians since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, though 1000’s have been killed. A number of Russian army bloggers mentioned Moscow’s assaults have been an “act of retaliation” for Ukraine’s shock incursion into Russia’s western Kursk area – the primary such motion since World Battle II.
In Kyiv, the army administration mentioned air defences had shot down all incoming targets aimed on the metropolis. There have been no casualties.
