In recent weeks, Russia has intensified ballistic missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, and Ukraine responds with strikes deep into Russian territory.
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Nighttime Russian attacks were carried out against Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk, regional officials reported.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that its forces “delivered a group strike with high-precision ground-based weapons, hitting military industrial enterprises and transport and logistics centers in the cities of Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia.”
The head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, said that Russian forces launched a massive attack using missiles and guided aerial bombs.
“Six people were killed, and 19 more were injured,” I. Fedorov wrote on Telegram, updating the casualty count. Earlier, he reported five dead.
In the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, three people were killed and five more injured in five districts due to Russian drone and artillery strikes, the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Hanža, reported on Telegram.
In Kyiv, after officials warned of incoming missiles, AFP journalists heard a series of loud explosions shortly after midnight.
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Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on social media that the capital “is experiencing a ballistic missile attack.”
The Ukrainian emergency service reported that a warehouse caught fire and one person was injured.
President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier said that Russia is preparing to deploy more North Korean soldiers and has received new ballistic missiles from Pyongyang.
In recent weeks, Moscow has intensified ballistic missile strikes, which can only be countered by certain air defense systems, including the US Patriot.
Since February, when the US and Israel started a war against Iran, the shortage of PAC-3 interceptor missiles has further increased.
At the same time, Ukraine has intensified strikes on Russian cities far from the border.
