Once again there was a nationwide air alert in Ukraine. The capital Kiev and other regions were attacked with drones and missiles. One person was killed in Odessa.
The Russian military again attacked Ukrainian cities with drones and rockets during the night, and there was an air alert across the country. According to the military administration, there were several explosions in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev and other regions of the country.
Anti-aircraft defenses were deployed over Kiev. According to the head of the Kiev military administration, Serhiy Popko, all air targets were captured by anti-aircraft defense and shot down. It was the ninth airstrike since early May.
Kyiv: Fire caused by falling debris
“This time the attack was carried out by Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region using Ch-101/555 cruise missiles,” Popko wrote on the Telegram channel of the Kyiv military administration. Then reconnaissance drones flew over the capital.
According to Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko, falling debris caught fire at a company in Darnytskyi district. An explosion was heard in the Desnjansky district. “Do not leave the shelters during the air raid,” Klitschko told Telegram. So far there is no information about victims in Kiev.
A company caught fire in Kiev due to falling debris.
One dead in Odessa in Russian missile attack
According to the military administration, one person was killed in a Russian missile attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa. In addition, two were injured in the attack on an industrial plant. “In our zone, for which we are responsible, a heavy rocket attack on Odessa was registered in the evening,” said spokeswoman for Army Group South Natalya Humenyuk on television. According to them, most of the missiles were intercepted over the sea.
The military also issued warnings for the Vinnyuja, Kirovohradska, Cherkassy and Dnipro regions. Russian attacks must also be expected in the central Poltava region and further south in the Mykolaiv region, according to other Telegram channels.
According to the army, there were also attacks with “cruise missiles” in the Vinnytsia region inland. Local media reported explosions in Khmelnytskyi about a hundred kilometers to the west.
Shaded: territories occupied by Russia
Further land gains at Bachmut
In the area of the city of Bakhmut, which has been fought over for months, the Ukrainian troops have made further gains in territory. “We managed to advance between 150 and 1,700 meters within a day,” said Army Group East spokesman Serhiy Cherevatyy on Ukrainian television. This succeeded despite the Russian superiority in soldiers, ammunition and technology. He did not give any specific location information.
The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, confirmed the Ukrainian advance. North of Bakhmut, Ukrainian units advanced almost 600 meters. “Don’t give up the settlements of Sacco and Vanzetti,” he said to the Russian army command.
Prigozhin has been warning for weeks that the Ukrainian army could advance on the group’s flanks in the largely conquered Bakhmut. Ukraine has been fending off a Russian invasion with Western help for around 15 months. The area around the town of Bakhmut, which once had a population of 70,000 in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, has been the focus of fighting for months.