Day 51 in the war in Ukraine: After the sinking of their Black Sea flagship “Moskva”, retaliatory measures from Russia were generally expected. The Russian military opened fire on a missile factory in the Kiev area on Friday and announced further attacks on the capital. On Saturday, there were more explosions in Kiev in the early hours of the morning. Mayor Klitschko appealed to the public not to ignore the authorities’ air warning and to remain in safe places.
Russia also continued its war of aggression in eastern Ukraine. According to Ukrainian sources, the city of Sievjerodonetsk in the Luhansk region was seriously damaged. According to the head of the city’s military administration, Olexandr Strjuk, the city is about 70% destroyed.
Kharkiv also affected
According to Ukrainian sources, at least ten people were killed when the industrial district of the Kharkiv metropolis in eastern Ukraine was bombed. A seven-month-old baby was among the victims, the Kharkiv region’s prosecutor’s office announced on Facebook late on Friday. Ukraine also reported a Russian air strike on an airfield in the town of Oleksandriya in the Kirovohrad region of central Ukraine. Rescue work was underway, Mayor Serhiy Kuzmenko wrote on Facebook. Initially there was no information about damage or casualties.
2,500 soldiers killed
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy are in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine so far 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers was killed.