Russian war of aggression
War against Ukraine: This is the situation
Attacks on energy facilities in the Kharkiv region led to power outages. photo
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Even in the face of a hail of Russian bombs, the Ukrainian president is determined. Russia should not win. The events at a glance.
Despite the increased Russian attacks with bombs and rockets on cities in the Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is combative. His Russian opponent, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, has no right to win as an “enemy of human life,” said Zelensky in his evening video speech. “He must lose the ability to destroy the lives of others.” This is the only way security can be guaranteed – for Ukrainians, Europeans and the whole world.
In view of the increased attacks with drones, missiles and glide bombs, Zelensky once again emphasized the need to strengthen the air defense shield. Since last Monday, the Russian military has deployed almost 190 missiles of various types and almost 140 kamikaze drones. Zelensky continued that almost 700 guided air bombs were dropped on targets in Ukraine. “In more than two years of this war, there has not been a single week in which Russia has renounced terror.” However, Ukraine is trying “to ensure that the Russian occupying forces feel our completely just response to this terror – every week, every day.”
200,000 people in Kharkiv without electricity
The latest attacks have caused a loss of electricity and heating supplies in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and the surrounding area. Almost 200,000 people there are without stable power supply and also have to accept shutdowns, said Zelensky. Power cuts were also reported in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa.
Attack on natural gas storage facility in Lviv
A major fire in the Lviv region in western Ukraine, triggered by the impact of two Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, could only be extinguished late on Sunday afternoon. “An enemy attack has damaged the infrastructure of an underground storage facility, but there are no critical consequences,” the head of the Naftogaz group, Oleksiy Chernihov, said later after a visit to the natural gas storage facility. “The attack has no impact on the supply of natural gas to Ukrainian consumers.” Previously, the Ukrainian media had only reported a Russian attack on a “critical infrastructure object”.
New Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod
The southern Russian city of Belgorod on the border with Ukraine was again the target of a Ukrainian rocket attack on Sunday, according to the regional administration. According to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, most of the rockets were intercepted in time. Nevertheless, at least seven residential buildings were hit and damaged. At least four people were injured. The Ukrainian military is bombarding Belgorod more often in order to unsettle the Russian population.
Fighting on the ground continues
Russian and Ukrainian ground troops continued to engage in bitter fighting on various sectors of the front on Sunday. According to the Ukrainian account, a large Russian troop concentration near Kherson in the south of the country was destroyed. In addition, numerous military equipment was destroyed. The information could not be independently verified.
A total of 52 fighting operations of varying intensity were reported by the various sectors of the front on Sunday, the General Staff in Kiev said in its evening report