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Russia is carrying out air strikes on the Ukrainian capital again. Kiev denies involvement in the attack in Moscow. The news ticker about the Ukraine war.
- Rocket attacks on western Ukraine: Russia violates NATO airspace
- Russia attacks again: Ukraine capital under attack
- attack in Moscow: Zelensky rejects Putin’s allegations
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Update from March 24th, 3:33 p.m.: Poland has now responded to the declared violation of its airspace during a missile attack by Russia on Ukraine. Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna said, according to the PAP agency, that the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw would summon the Russian ambassador. He must explain himself about the incident. Further action depends on the information provided by the ambassador.
As the Polish General Staff announced, the NATO member’s airspace was violated by a cruise missile at 4:23 a.m. This was fired from a Russian long-haul aircraft. The target of the attack was cities in western Ukraine. After Russia’s air raid on western Ukraine, Poland mobilized its aircraft fleet (see report from 7:45 a.m)
Update from March 24th, 10:00 a.m.: The Ukrainian military said it hit two large Russian landing ships, a communications center and other infrastructure used by the Black Sea Fleet during nighttime attacks on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula. An official appointed by Russia confirms that there was a major Ukrainian attack that night. The air defense fired more than ten rockets over the Crimean port city of Sevastopol.
Russia violates NATO airspace in attack on Ukraine – Poland reacts
Update from March 24th, 7:45 a.m.: According to Polish information, Russia briefly violated the airspace of NATO member Poland during rocket attacks on western Ukraine on Sunday morning. On March 24th at 4:23 a.m. there was a violation of Polish airspace by a cruise missile launched that night by a Russian long-range aircraft, wrote the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces on the X platform (formerly Twitter). The targets of the attacks were cities in western Ukraine. The object entered Polish airspace near the village of Oserdow and remained there for 39 seconds.
It was observed by military radar systems throughout the flight, it said. All necessary procedures have been initiated to ensure the safety of Polish airspace. Among other things, the Polish and allied air force was activated.
Update from March 24th, 6:15 a.m.: Poland mobilizes its aircraft fleet after the Russian air strike on western Ukraine. “Polish and allied aircraft have been activated, which may lead to increased noise pollution, especially in the southeastern part of the country,” the Polish Armed Forces Operations Command said on the social media service X. The southeastern part of Poland borders Ukraine.
Ukraine War: Russia attacks Kiev and Lviv region from the air
Update from March 24th, 5:30 a.m: Russia carried out air strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kiev and the Lviv region in the west of the country on Sunday night. “Explosions in the capital. The air defense works. Do not leave the shelters,” wrote Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko on the online Telegram service. The governor of the Lviv region, Maksym Kosytskyi, reported rocket attacks on the district around the city of Stryi, south of Lviv.
For its part, the Polish Armed Forces Operations Command (RSZ) reported that it had observed “intense activity of long-range aircraft from the Russian Federation” during the night, which was linked to the attacks in Ukraine. “All necessary procedures to ensure the safety of Polish airspace have been activated and the RSZ is constantly monitoring the situation,” the statement continued.
National day of mourning in Russia
First report: Kiev/Moscow – On a national day of mourning this Sunday, Russia remembers the more than 130 victims of the terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow. The terrorist militia Islamic State had already claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday night, but Russian President Putin saw a “Ukrainian trace” behind the attack – but without providing any evidence for it. Kiev denied any involvement in the crime. Abroad, Serbia and Nicaragua joined the commemoration with their own days of mourning. At least 133 people were killed in the attack on Friday evening, including three children. More victims could still be found under rubble.
The four main suspects in the terrorist attack were brought to the Russian capital for questioning on Saturday evening. As the state agency Tass also reported, the four men were driven in a highly secured motorcade from the Bryansk region in the south of the country, where they were arrested, to the so-called investigative committee. An application for an arrest warrant should be submitted to court in the coming days. They all face life imprisonment, Tass said. Eleven suspects were arrested after the attack.
Zelenskyj: Moscow always blames others
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj categorically rejected Putin’s attempts to attribute shared responsibility for the attack to Ukraine with unsubstantiated accusations. “Of course, after what happened in Moscow yesterday, Putin and the other bastards are just trying to shift the blame to someone else,” Zelensky said in his daily video address on Saturday evening. The Russian side always uses the same methods. “And they always blame others.” After the events in the concert hall, “that absolute nobody Putin” remained silent for a day instead of taking care of his Russian citizens. Rather, Putin was thinking about “how he can bring this to Ukraine.”
Zelensky accused Russia of spreading terror itself. Russians are coming to Ukraine to burn down cities “and trying to shift the blame to Ukraine.” They tortured and raped people – and blamed the victims. “They have brought hundreds of thousands of their own terrorists here, on Ukrainian soil, to fight against us and they don’t care what is happening in their country.”
Russia will pay particular attention to whether and when Patriots built in Japan under a US license would be exported to the USA and then to Ukraine. If that happens, it will have serious consequences for bilateral Russian-Japanese relations, “including our retaliatory measures,” Nozdrev said. (speaking with agency material)