A rocket fell on Moldovan territory near the border with Ukraine. according to Interior Ministry reports, quoted by the Russian agency RIA Novosti. Moldovan border guards found the missile near Briceni in the north of the country on the day Russian missile attacks are underway on much of Ukraine, countered by anti-aircraft missiles from Kyiv. Due to the Russian raids, several cities in Ukraine were left without water and electricity. According to the head of the military administration of Kryvyy Rih in central Ukraine “Part of the city is without electricity, several boilers and water pumping stations are shut down. Operators in Odessa in the south and Sumy in the north-east reported disruptions in water and electricity supplies. According to Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevitch, the electricity was also cut off in Mykolaiv in the south. The governor of the Kyiv region of Ukraine, Oleksiy Kuleba said that part of the region’s infrastructure was hit by Russian missiles, It should be noted that 40% of the territory is without electricity but there were no “critical consequences”. This is reported by Sky News.
president Volodymyr Zelenskyy However, he said that Ukrainian air defenses shot down “most” of the missiles launched by the Russians today. Ukraine shot down more than 60 of more than 70 missiles launched by Russia in a massive missile attack on Monday. This was announced by the command of the Ukrainian Air Force.
A drone hit the runway of Russia’s Engels-1 airbase in the Saratov region today, damaging two Tu-95 bombers, Ukrainska Pravda reports
adding that at least two soldiers were injured and hospitalized. Earlier, an explosion at an airport near Ryazan, south-east of Moscow, killed three and injured at least five others
This was announced by rescue workers of the Russian news agency Tass. According to other Russian media, a tanker was loaded by Western media
fuel and the wounded would be six.
PUTIN IN THE CRIMEA – Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the bridge connecting Crimea to Federation territory, which was hit by an attack last October. The President crossed the repaired bridge and spoke to some workers working on it, reports the TAS agency Putin personally drove the car in which he crossed the bridge, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, who gave him a report on the repair work. In a video broadcast by the Rossiya-24 TV channel, the President can be heard: “We are crossing the bridge on the right. The left side is fine as far as I know, but needs finishing. She suffered more or less the same damage, it is necessary to bring it into optimal condition”. The attack took place on October 8, when a truck bomb exploded, killing four people and two arches of the one reserved for vehicular traffic According to the Russian internal security service FSB, the attack was led by Ukrainian military intelligence services led by Kirill Budanov.
Putin drives over bridge in bombed Crimea
According to Putin, Russia can count on a “huge army” of civilian volunteers, consisting of 21 million people. Putin spoke of those civilians who work for the neediest part of the population. “It is difficult – said the President – to find words for those who selflessly and following their hearts help seriously ill people, participate in the organization of sporting events, contribute to maintaining order, take care of nature and a significant part of their lives dedicate to others, to those who need that help”. There are 21 million volunteers in Russia, ie more than 15% of the population, Putin added, calling them “an army, a huge army”.
meanwhile iThe Wall Street Journal claims the United States secretly modified the Himars missile launchers supplied to Ukraine so that they could not be used for long-range missiles that could hit Russia. The newspaper cites some administrative sources, according to which The change was a necessary precaution to reduce the risk of a major war with Russia.