According to the latest statements from the Ukrainian army.
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed this Friday to have shot down a Russian Tu-22M long-range strategic bomber, a first since the start of the invasion launched by Moscow.
“For the first time, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and in cooperation with the defense intelligence of Ukraine destroyed a long-range strategic bomber Tu-22M3, carrying X-cruise missiles 22,” the Air Force commander said on Telegram.
At least eight people, including two children, were killed and 18 others injured in these Russian strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk region (center-east), according to a new report announced Friday morning by the Ukrainian Interior Minister.
In the Synelnykové district, “more than ten houses were damaged” and “six people died, including children aged six and eight,” Minister Igor Klymenko said on Telegram. In the city of Dnipro, the regional capital, two people were killed and 16 others injured, he added.
Like every day, the editorial staff of 20 minutes is mobilized to give you all the information on the conflict. This Friday is the 785th day of the conflict. Thursday, the day was marked by kyiv’s claim of a strike on a Russian base in annexed Crimea and by the arrest of two alleged Russian spies in Germany.