Kiev: “Half of Western weapons come too late”

Half of the weapons promised by the West to Ukraine are delivered late. This was stated by Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. “Currently, a commitment does not equal fulfillment, 50% of commitments are not delivered on time,” he said at a forum marking the second anniversary of the Russian invasion.

“During the night, the Russian army, with the help of Black Sea tactical aviation, tried to destroy our anti-aircraft defenses with Kh-31P missiles launched over the sea. Then followed.” Waves of drones first towards the southern Mykolaiv region, then to the central and western regions”. This was reported by the head of the press center of the Southern Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Army, Colonel Nataliya Humenyuk, quoted by the media. Ukrainian anti-aircraft were deployed in Poltava, Kiev, Khmelnytsky, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytsky, Dnipro, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.

Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles destroyed 16 of the 18 Shahed drones launched by the Russian army, reports the Kiev Air Force, quoted by Ukrainska Pravda. The drones were launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk in the Russian Federation and from Cape Chauda in Crimea.

The Russian army attacked ten settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region 263 times within 24 hoursOne civilian was killed and two others injured in southeastern Ukraine, Governor Ivan Fedorov reported on Telegram. Ukrinform reports about it. “On February 24, an enemy shell caused the death of a 61-year-old in Huljaypole. Two people were injured,” Fedorov said. Russian troops attacked Robotyne, Vilnyansk, Huliaypole, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Malynivka, Mala Tokmachka with 60 drones and 14 MLRS. Last week, the Russian army attacked 3,200 towns and villages in Zaporizhia Oblast.

Two residential buildings, private houses and educational institutions were damaged by Russian shelling in the Kherson region yesterday, in southern Ukraine, where one civilian was killed and six others were injured. Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported this on Facebook, quoted by Ukrinform. Kremlin Army rockets targeted Bilozerka, Shlyakhove, Novoberyslav, Havrylivka, Sadove, Stanislav, Osokorivka and the city of Kherson. “The Russian army attacked residential areas, in particular two residential buildings and seven private houses were damaged. One person was killed and six others were injured,” he said.

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