The Russian Federation has launched a massive combined attack on the territory of Ukraine for the second consecutive day. This was reported by the UNIAN agency. In fact, missiles were launched during the night, mainly in the direction of the western regions, causing the declaration of an air alert throughout the country. There were reports of explosions in the Khmelnytskyi region. The Kiev Air Force reported that drones flew over the regions of Kherson, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Poltava, Chernihiv and Zhytomyr. In Zaporizhia district, drones caused one death and two injuries. The capital was also targetedThe new take-off of Russian bombers has triggered air alert across the country.
Kiev, we control 1,294 square kilometers in Kursk
Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi announced that Kiev forces are still advancing in Russia’s Kursk region and so far control 1,294 km2 in the Russian region. Syrskyi adds that 594 Russian soldiers were captured during the incursion in Kursk. This was reported by international media.
China criticizes Kiev’s support for attacks on Russia
China has expressed concern over a new front opened by Ukraine in August by attacking Russia’s Kursk region, in a surprise move that made clear Moscow’s vulnerability. Li Hui, Beijing’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, criticized the West’s support for Kiev: “All sides are concerned that the West will continue to ease the conditions for Ukraine to strike Russian territory with the weapons it supplies. And recent developments on the battlefield have confirmed these concerns,” Li said at the end of a mission to Indonesia, Brazil and South Africa.
Media: Kiev to Give US List of Attack Sites in Russia
Ukrainian officials are preparing to present top U.S. national security officials with a list of long-range targets in Russia that they believe Kiev’s military could hit if Washington lifts restrictions on U.S. weapons, Politico reports. Ukraine is using the list as a last-ditch effort to persuade Washington to lift restrictions on U.S. weapons used inside Russia, the U.S. news site writes.
Russian Missile Hits Hotel in Kryvyi Rih: 2 Dead, 4 Injured, 5 Missing
Two people were killed, four were injured and five were missing in a Russian attack on the town of Kryvyi Rih, a city in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast, eastern Ukraine. The Kiev Independent reports. A missile – according to the head of the city’s military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul – hit and leveled a hotel. The injured were taken to hospital. “The rescue operation is underway. All emergency, municipal and medical services are working,” Yevhen Sytnychenko, head of the district military administration, wrote on Telegram.
“News of Ukrainian invasion attempt in Belgorod”
All this while from the other side “information” is arriving that Ukrainian forces are trying to cross the border and enter the Russian region of Belgorod. This was stated on his Telegram channel by the governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, calling on the population to “keep calm and trust only official sources of information”.