Russia continues mass launch of missiles at Ukraine’s infrastructure
2023.01.14 09:54
Russia continues mass launch of missiles at Ukraine’s infrastructure
By Kristina Sobol
Budrigannews.com – On Saturday, Russia launched a second round of missiles at Ukraine, sending people running for cover as sirens blared across the country. This came just hours after morning air strikes hit vital infrastructure in Kyiv and Kharkiv, an eastern city.
Air defenses were reportedly attempting to deflect incoming missiles, according to authorities in Mykolaiv, Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, and Odesa, a port on the Black Sea. Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported hearing explosions in the central Vynnytsa region.
Since October, Moscow, which invaded Ukraine in February, has been bombarding the country’s energy infrastructure with missiles and drones, disrupting central heating and running water as winter approaches.
It was extremely unusual that the second attack on Saturday occurred hours after Reuters journalists heard a series of explosions in Kyiv in the morning before the air raid siren even sounded. It was still unclear how much damage or casualties the second wave had caused.
After the first wave, officials said missile debris caused a fire in one location and damaged houses outside the capital. No injuries were reported.
“A facility for infrastructure was damaged. There was no major fire or damage. At the location, all emergency services are functioning. In a statement, Kyiv’s military administration stated, “No one has been injured.”
Even though it was only slightly below freezing in Kyiv, Ukrenergo, the company that manages the power grid, stated that its employees were rushing to repair the damage and that the network was dealing with a power deficit brought on by earlier attacks.
Emergency blackouts were implemented in Kyiv, the Kyiv region, and the Odesa region by DTEK, the largest private electricity provider.
According to the mayor of Kyiv, missile debris fell on a non-residential area in the west of Kyiv’s Holosiivskiy district, starting a fire but causing no injuries.
In the region just outside of the capital, the village of Kopyliv also suffered damage to residential infrastructure. According to Oleksiy Kuleba, the regional governor, the blast shattered or damaged the roofs and windows of 18 privately owned houses.
Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesperson for the Air Force, stated that the absence of an air raid siren was due to Russia’s missiles firing from the north on a high, looping ballistic trajectory.
According to what he told the online publication Ukrainska Pravda, Ukraine is unable to identify and destroy ballistic missiles.
Oleg Synehubov, the regional governor of Kharkiv in the northeast of Ukraine, stated that two S-300 missiles struck the city early on Saturday near the Russian border.
He stated that critical industrial and energy infrastructure as well as the Kharkiv and Chuhuev district of the region were the targets of the attacks.
He stated, “Our energy workers and emergency services units are working to liquidate the consequences and stabilize the situation with energy supplies.”
As Ukrainian and Russian forces fought for control of Soledar, a small salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine that has been the focus of a relentless Russian assault for days, the strikes on Saturday came.
After months of battlefield reverses, Russia claimed on Friday that its forces had taken control of Soledar, marking a rare victory for Moscow. However, Kyiv stated that its troops were still engaged in combat in the town.
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