Ukraine has been targeted by “one of the most powerful” airstrikes ever launched by RussiaUkrainian Foreign Minister Andryi Sybiha said this morning. “Drones and missiles against peaceful cities, sleeping civilians, essential infrastructures,” Sybiha denounced.
Poland said it had scrambled fighter jets and mobilized all available forces Sunday in response. “Due to a massive attack by Russia, with cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones against sites located, among other places, in western Ukraine, operations by Polish and allied aircraft began,” the official said. Polish operational command on social media platform
“A massive coordinated bombing hit all regions of Ukraine. Over the course of the night and morning, Russian terrorists used drones of various types, in particular the Shahed, but also cruise missiles, ballistic and hypersonic missiles Zirkon, Iskander and Kinzhal. In total, around 120 missiles and 90 drones. Our air defense forces destroyed more than 140″ of these. The enemy’s target was our energy infrastructure across the country. Unfortunately, there is damage”: this was declared by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyon his Telegram channel.
Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushchenko indicated on Telegram that “a massive attack on the electricity system is underway” and that Russian forces are “attacking electricity production and transmission facilities throughout the country.” Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitchko reported one person injured when a drone fragment fell on an apartment building in the capital.
Local authorities and Ukrainian media reported numerous explosions across the country, particularly in the south in Zaporizhzhia, Odessa, Mykolaiv and Chernihiv. Planned electricity disruptions hit the capital Kiev and its region and the oblasts of Donetsk, Donbass, and Dnipropetrovsk. Ukrinform reports it. “This is a preventive measure,” wrote the head of the Kiev regional administration, Serhii Popko.
Phone calls will not stop Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Polish prime minister said, two days after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz contacted Russian President Vladimir Putin by telephone. «No one will stop Putin with phone calls. Last night’s attack, one of the largest of this war, demonstrated that telephone diplomacy cannot replace real support from the entire West for Ukraine,” he wrote. Donald Tusk on X.
«We saw last night’s horrific attacks by Russia against Ukraine, with the express intention of destroying civilian energy infrastructure, at an incredible cost in lives. We will stand by Ukraine as long as it is needed.” The President of the European Commission said this, Ursula von der Leyenin Rio de Janeiro to participate in the G20, on Globo TV. “We will support Ukraine this winter, in particular with regards to energy infrastructure, but also in other sectors, such as financing and military capabilities. Ukraine can count on us,” he added.