One dead and injured
Russia’s air force fires cruise missiles at Ukraine
December 9, 2023, 5:07 a.m
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Ukraine’s defense campaign is in its second winter. Moscow is increasing attacks on infrastructure and using strategic air power. According to Ukrainian information, most of the projectiles fired were intercepted. There is one dead and several injured.
After a break of more than two months, Russia has again attacked targets in Ukraine using its strategic air force. “After a long break of 79 days, the enemy has resumed air strikes with cruise missiles from aircraft of the Strategic Air Force Tu-95MS,” the military commander of the capital Kiev, Serhiy Popko, said on Telegram. The rockets were fired by several bombers near Engels in the Russian Saratov region. “Not one enemy target reached the city,” the colonel general summarized.
In the surrounding area of the capital with around three million inhabitants, several houses were damaged by debris and the pressure waves from explosions. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 14 of the 19 cruise missiles fired were intercepted. According to information, there were impacts in the eastern Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk near Pavlohrad. According to preliminary information, one person was killed, as the governor of the region, Serhiy Lyssak, said on news television. Eight other people were also injured. The authorities previously spoke of at least four people being wounded.
There was therefore damage in an industrial company. In addition, almost two dozen houses were damaged. According to the military, five combat drones had previously been intercepted over the area. The eastern Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv was also attacked during the night with six ground-based S-300 missiles.
According to Governor Oleh Synyehubov, two people had to be taken to hospital. Several civilian buildings and cars were damaged. According to authorities, at least one person was killed and four others injured by Russian bombing near the front near Kupyansk.
With Western help, Ukraine has been defending itself against the Russian war of aggression for more than 21 months. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his condolences to the victims and their families in his evening speech. “This Russian regime is repeating the evil it has already done, but it is trying to make each attack even more painful,” he said. Zelensky once again emphasized that Ukrainian air defense must be further improved with international help.