New “massive” Russian attacks targeted Kiev and the Ukrainian cities of Lviv (west) and Zaporijjia (south) overnight from Monday to Tuesday, without causing any casualties, according to the military authorities.
“Massive new air attack on the capital,” wrote the Kyiv military administration on its Telegram channel. According to her, about 20 explosive drones were launched at the city in waves from different directions.
“There is no information regarding casualties or destruction at this time,” she added, adding that the alert had lasted more than three hours.
The Ukrainian Air Force said in the morning on Telegram that the anti-aircraft defense had destroyed “32 of the 35 drones” launched overnight by Russia and which were “mainly”, according to it, targeting the Kiev region.
Air force spokesman Yuriy Ignat, however, deplored “the lack of” operational capabilities “necessary” to protect “the whole of Ukrainian territory from Russian airstrikes, which have intensified in recent weeks. when Ukraine launched the first phase of its counter-offensive.
“There is a lack of air defense capabilities, to put it mildly,” Ignat told Ukrainian television.
In Lviv (west), a “critical infrastructure” was hit by drones, for his part indicated on Telegram the head of the regional administration, Maksym Kozytsky, without further details. No injuries were reported.
The military administration of Zaporizhia (south) for its part indicated that the city and its surroundings had been the target of a “massive attack” aimed at civilian objectives. According to preliminary information from the Ukrainian army general staff, seven S-300 missiles were fired at Zaporizhia and its suburbs without being able to be intercepted.
“After a restless and noisy night, the situation in Zaporizhia is stable. Thank God there are no injuries and no residential buildings have been hit,” the secretary of the city council of the city wrote on Telegram. city, Anatoly Kurtev.
20/06/2023 13:34:42 – Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) – © 2023 AFP
