“From intelligence, we know that a massive strike could happen tonight as well. Please, I kindly ask you to pay attention to the danger signals. All partners together, everyone in Europe must continue to work so that there are missiles for our air defense, that the necessary systems and vital intelligence data and other things that help save lives are available,” said V. Zelensky, quoted by the Ukrainian portal “Ukrainska pravda.”
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V. Zelensky reported that last night the Russians launched more than 70 missiles and 650 drones. About 100 more drones were also launched during the day.
“Unfortunately, our air defense supply level currently does not allow us to shoot down a large portion of the missiles. There were hits. 130 people were affected. Unfortunately, 22 people died, including two children. I express my condolences to all who lost loved ones and dear people,” said the Ukrainian leader.
The main targets of the Russian attack last night were Kyiv, the central city of Dnipro, and the eastern cities of Poltava, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia.
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “strongly condemned” the Russian attack, his spokesman said.
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“We reiterate that under international humanitarian law, attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited and must be stopped immediately,” Stephane Dujarric told journalists.
President Vladimir Putin has intensified Moscow’s air campaign against Ukraine, and Russian forces recently launched a powerful hypersonic ballistic missile “Oreshnik” – only the third time in the more than four-year-long war.
Russia’s strategy aims to exploit Ukraine’s shortage of US-made Patriot air defense missiles, as their stocks have been depleted due to the war in Iran. As a result, civilians have become especially vulnerable to Russian ballistic missile attacks, even when air defense intercepts most of the attacking drones.
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