Russia is bombing Ukraine again to prevent a counter-offensive in Kiev

After another night of missile and drone attacks on various points in Ukraine, with Kyiv once again the main target, the Ukrainian capital suffered again this Monday daily bombing, something unusual since the beginning of the war. The military administration of the capital reported six hits from rocket fragments that fell in different parts of the city, in the Obolonski district, next to the gas station, directly on the asphalt and in the park, in the Desnianski area and in the Dneprovski district. , in a full public road.

Photos of cars damaged by pieces of missiles and drones appeared on social media, including those of a woman who was driving and saw the windshield of her vehicle shattered. There is no information about possible victims of the attack. This was said by the head of the Kyiv Military Administration, Sergi Popko “all air targets were shot down by air defense forces” and that the ruins in the three mentioned settlements “did not cause critical damage”.

For his part, the spokesman of the Ukrainian Air Force, Yuriy Ignat, pointed out that this latest attack on Kiev “was carried out from the north”.

During the morning of this Monday, the Dnieper area was also bombed. According to the head of the Military Administration, Sergui Lisak, there is a dead woman, and “the strikes hit the town of Pokrov in the Sinelnikovsky region, where a house was destroyed while nine people inside were injured, including an 11-year-old child.” . According to the Ukrainian army, the Chernihiv region was able to shoot down the attacking rockets thanks to its anti-aircraft defense, as well as in Zaporozhye.

The town of Kovsharovka, in the Kharkov region, was also under fire this Monday, with five injured, three elderly people, a pregnant woman and a 10-year-old child, according to local authorities. Also, one person was killed in the city of Toretsk, in the Donetsk region, and eight were injured when a FAB-250 bomb dropped by a Russian aircraft fell on a gas station, Ukraine’s chief prosecutor said. The second shell damaged the administration building, the bank office and several parked vehicles. One person received minor injuries.

downed shells

A few hours before, during Sunday evening and Monday morning, Russia has also bombed military facilities and key infrastructure. from various parts of Ukraine. According to the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, General Valery Zaluzhny, most of the missiles and drones fired were shot down. “Forty X-101/X-555 cruise missiles were launched from nine Tu-95MS strategic bombers, in flight in the Caspian Sea region. In addition, the enemy attacked Ukraine with 35 Shahed-136/131 drones from the north and south. Of them, Zalužni said, “37 cruise missiles, 29 drones and an aerial reconnaissance device” were destroyed. According to him, a total of 67 targets were shot down.

The main headquarters of the Ukrainian troops highlighted the purpose of Moscow to destroy military facilities in particular. Such is the case of the Ukrainian military airport in Khmelnytskyi. According to the regional Military Administration, “fires broke out in the fuel and lubricant tanks and in the storage of valuables intended for combat (…) in addition, five aircraft were put out of service and now work has begun to rebuild the runway”.