Kyiv. Several explosions occurred in Ukraine on Sunday morning. This is the third attack by Russia in four days. Officials gave this information here. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia fired 29 cruise missiles at Ukraine from 14 Tu-95MC fighter planes and used 28 Shaheed drones in the attack. According to Xinhua news agency, the air defense system shot down 18 missiles and 25 drones in southern, northern, central and western Ukraine.
According to initial reports, there were no casualties in the attack on the Ukrainian capital. Lviv region governor Maksim Kozitsky said on Telegram that a fire broke out at a key infrastructure facility in the western Lviv region following an attack by missiles and drones, without giving further details. Local media reported hearing explosions during an air alert in the western Khmelnytskyi and Volyn regions.
Poland’s Foreign Ministry claimed on Sunday that its airspace was violated at night and it would seek clarification from Moscow on the matter. “One of the cruise missiles fired at night by the Russian Federation Air Force violated Polish airspace,” the military wrote on the X, France 24 reports.
Russia attacks Kiev, 13 people injured
Earlier, on Thursday, Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital Kiev for the first time in 44 days, after which Ukraine’s emergency service said that 13 people, including a child, were injured in the attack and dozens of people were evacuated from their homes. Went. Serhiy Popko, head of the Kiev city administration, said that about 30 ‘cruise’ and ‘ballistic missiles’ aimed towards the capital were shot down in the sky.
Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said an apartment and cars in a multi-storey building caught fire as a result of the Russian attack in the Shevchenkivskyi district of western Kiev. This attack took place at a time when Ukraine continuously attacked the Belgorod region of Russia located near the Ukraine border for several days.
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Tag: Russia, ukraine
first published : March 24, 2024, 7:44 pm IST
