LIVE – War in Ukraine: kyiv says it has hit two Russian ships in Crimea

If flying over the airspace is not a sign of escalation, how can we interpret this action by Russia? Questioned on this subject, Pierre Servent believes that all avenues are possible. It may be a “small firing error”, in which case we cannot recall a missile, but we can make it explode on the trajectory, an “ease of firing” on the part of the Russian forces or a “provocation” against Poland. “Whatever it is, it is serious in itself,” concluded the geopolitical columnist.

Guest of the Sunday Event, Pierre Servent commented on the flight over Polish airspace by a cruise missile. According to this geopolitical columnist, however, this is not a sign of “escalation” on the part of Russia after the shooting near Moscow. “I don’t see this as an event wanted by the Kremlin, they are capable of doing more serious things,” he said on the LCI set.

Poland will demand explanations from Moscow for “a new violation of airspace” by a Russian cruise missile, the Polish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

“First of all, we call on the Russian Federation to stop terrorist airstrikes against the population and territory of Ukraine, end the war and deal with the country’s internal problems,” wrote the ministry spokesperson Pawel Wronski in a statement.

A Russian cruise missile violated Polish airspace before leaving it, the country’s army said on Sunday. The latter was launched against towns located in western Ukraine.

The Ukrainian army announced on Sunday that it had hit two Russian ships during an attack on Sevastopol, the major port on the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014.

“The Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to hit the Yamal and Azov amphibious ships, as well as a communications center and other infrastructure of the Russian Black Sea Fleet,” the Armed Forces Communications Center announced in a statement. Ukrainians.

Following this incident, “all necessary procedures to ensure the security of Polish airspace have been activated. Polish and allied aviation, among others, have been activated,” the operational command of the armed forces further declared. in his press release.

Another incident of this type took place in December when a Russian missile entered Polish airspace before leaving this space a few minutes later, heading towards Ukraine.

“The object flew into Polish space near the village of Oserdow (east) and remained there for 39 seconds,” it was further indicated, stressing that the missile was observed by military radars throughout the duration of the flight. “The Polish army constantly monitors the situation on Ukrainian territory and remains on permanent alert to ensure the security of Polish airspace,” the army further indicated.

A Russian cruise missile launched against towns in western Ukraine violated Polish airspace before leaving it, the country’s army said on Sunday. For about forty seconds, “Polish airspace was violated by one of the cruise missiles launched last night by the aviation (…) of the Russian Federation”, indicated the operational command of the forces armed forces on service

“With Zelensky, we realized that we were getting used to the stagnation, to the blockage of the Hungarians, to an enemy who never clearly says what he wants or his war goals,” confides Emmanuel Macron to the JDD, adding that “we needed a start”. And to continue: “this is what we did by changing the framework and giving visibility to our determination”.

A start made all the more necessary as “the situation on the ground shows that the Ukrainian counter-offensive has encountered difficulties”.

Russian forces launched new massive air attacks on kyiv and other regions of Ukraine at dawn on Sunday.

Russia claimed on Saturday evening to have repelled an attack by ten Ukrainian missiles targeting the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, a peninsula annexed in 2014 by Moscow, the debris of which injured two people, its governor said. “Our military repels a massive attack on Sevastopol. According to initial information, more than ten missiles have been shot down,” Mikhail Razvozhayev said on Telegram.

A child and a woman were injured by debris from the downed missiles which also damaged several residential buildings, he added. Crimea is regularly targeted by the Ukrainian army using missiles and drones because it is important for the logistics of the Russian forces occupying southern Ukraine.

Russian forces launched new massive air attacks on kyiv and other parts of Ukraine at dawn on Sunday, leading the Polish army to raise its alert level in the face of intense military activity near its border. According to Sergii Popko, head of the Kiev military administration, the Russian army attacked the capital using cruise missiles fired from Tu-95MS strategic bombers.

Ukrainian defense “shot down about a dozen enemy missiles over Kiev and in the vicinity of the capital,” Mr. Popko wrote on the Telegram social network, specifying that according to preliminary information, there were neither casualty or damage. According to Popko, the attack was launched from the Saratov region in southwest Russia.

Over the past 24 hours, the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine has been marked by several events:

– The Russian army says it has taken control of the Ukrainian village of Ivanivské, near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, which would constitute a new advance in an important area where Russia has been on the offensive for weeks .

– A fire broke out on Saturday in an oil refinery in the Russian region of Samara (Volga), attacked by a drone, said the regional governor.

– Two civilians were killed and seven others were injured in a drone attack and strikes in the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, according to the regional governor.

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