Russia fired “99 missiles of various types” into Ukraine on Tuesday morning, 72 of which were shot down by air defenses, Ukrainian Army Commander-in-Chief Valery Zalouzhny said, a “massive” attack that left at least five dead.
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Ukrainian forces “destroyed 72 air targets,” including 10 Kinjal hypersonic missiles and three Kalibr cruise missiles, as well as 59 Kh-101, Kh-555 and Kh-55 cruise missiles, he said on Telegram.
According to him, Russia began its attacks at night by launching 35 Shahed explosive drones at its neighbor, all of which were shot down.
According to the Ukrainian military, Russia fired 99 missiles, of which 72 were shot down.
Starting at 6 a.m. local time, a series of missile salvos were fired from various directions, including from Tu-95 strategic bombers, Mig-31 and Su-35 fighters, he added.
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“Civil and essential infrastructure as well as industrial and military sites were attacked. The main target of these attacks was the Ukrainian capital,” Mr. Zalouzhny said.
A total of 61 rockets, including “around ten Kinjals”, were destroyed in the airspace of Kiev and its region, said the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko.
Two people were killed and several dozen others injured in an affected residential building in the Solomiansky district, near the center, according to the latest report from authorities.
According to authorities, two other people also died in the Kiev region and a third in Kharkiv, the second-largest city in the east of the country.
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In the Ukrainian capital, more than 250,000 people were also deprived of electricity following these bombings.
“Currently 92 people have been injured. (…) Unfortunately, four people died,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded on Telegram, denouncing a campaign of “Russian terror.”
This new series of attacks comes a day after Vladimir Putin threatened to “intensify” attacks in Ukraine in retaliation for the attack of unprecedented proportions.
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In addition, at least one person was killed and five injured in Ukraine's attacks on the Belgorod region on Tuesday, according to Ukraine's governor. The bombing came after Russia fired about a hundred missiles against Ukraine.
A man was killed by shrapnel when a projectile exploded next to his car, the governor of Belgorod, a Russian border region with Ukraine, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram.
Five people were injured in further incidents.