Ukraine once again faced “Russian terror”. At least eight people were killed and 21 were wounded in a Russian rocket attack on Krivi Rig, a city in the south of the country where President Volodymyr Zelensky is from. During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the country was more targeted by a new barrage of Russian missiles and drones that specifically targeted the capital city of Kiev, and almost all of them were intercepted by air defense, according to the authorities who repeated their call to strengthen this arsenal to the Western allies.
The building turned into ruins
“The number of dead is 8 people. At least 21 people were injured, including two children. Another four people are missing,” Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klimenko reported on Telegram. Volodimir Zelenski mentioned a little earlier the balance of six dead and 11 injured. “My condolences to the families and friends of the victims. All necessary services are working on the ground,” he added. on his social networksairing video taken by rescuers at the scene of the crash, showing them searching the still-smoldering remains of the building for survivors.
Ukraine’s president has again called on Ukraine’s Western allies to deliver new air defense systems to defend against Russian attacks. “Every day and every hour, Russian terror proves that Ukraine and its partners must strengthen their air defenses,” he said.
“Modern air defense systems can provide maximum protection for people, our cities and our positions. We need that as much as possible “, he added. A request he insisted on already on Tuesday during the trip to Berlinbelieving that this reinforcement was needed especially for the defense of the eastern region of Kharkiv, which borders Russia and is the target of a new Russian offensive from May 10.
29 drones and missiles were shot down over the capital
Furthermore, Ukraine shot down 29 Russian drones and missiles over Kiev on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the capital’s military administration announced, and President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated himself on the “effectiveness” of air defense.
“The missiles attacked Kyiv from the south in several waves. Almost simultaneously, enemy attack drones moved towards the capital from the same southern direction “, the Kyiv Military Administration announced on Telegram. AFP reporters on the scene heard at least one explosion in the middle of the night, after the city issued an air raid alert.
The last attack on Kyiv was on May 31, when a Russian Iskander-K cruise missile was shot down over the Ukrainian capital, causing a fire, according to the Kyiv Military Administration on Telegram.
“Such a result can be our daily success”
Russia also launched 24 drones and six missiles across the country, the remnants of which sparked a fire in the region surrounding the capital, injuring one man, according to national police. Ukrainian authorities said they intercepted all the drones and five of the six Russian missiles fired.
“Such a result (…) can be our daily success if we have enough tools to repel terrorist attacks,” Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded further in a message on social networks, a new appeal to the West to supply other air defense systems.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has continued to strengthen these defenses above the capital, where attacks have decreased significantly compared to the first months of the Russian offensive. But elsewhere in the country, Ukraine does not have the same means. American media reported that the United States, Kiev’s main military and financial ally, would send a new one Patriot air defense system.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, a Russian drone strike injured three civilians, including a 13-year-old teenager, in the Dnipropetrovsk region (center), according to the prosecutor general’s office. Another strike of this type during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday “damaged” an energy installation in the Sumy region (northeast), on the border with Russia, announced the public power company Ukrenergo.