Unleashed Attacks: Russia's Resurgence in Ukraine
Serhiy Popko, the leader of Kiev's military administration, reported that relentless rocket barrages spanned nearly two hours, leaving all intercepted missiles bound for Kiev obliterated. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported that some structures in Kiev were damaged due to debris cascading from "downed hostile targets."
However, Interior Minister Ihor Klimenko shared that a missile had struck the city of Pawlohrad in the central Ukrainian Dnipropetrowsk region, resulting in a single fatality and four injuries. Klimenko also divulged details of a nocturnal onslaught in the eastern region of Charkiw, which claimed a single life and numerous injures. In Kupjansk, a five-story residential building was damaged, while Charkiw endured at least seven damaged homes and over 20 automobiles.
Oleh Syniehubov, chief of the regional military administration in Charkiw, announced via Telegram that Russia had discharged six S-300 missiles onto Charkiw. The Ukrainian General Prosecutor's Office initiated an investigation into the attack.
This spree of 19 rocket assaults represented the first such incident in over two months — a striking occurrence, given predictions that Russian air raids against civilian infrastructure would escalate in the wintertime by western intelligence agencies.
Of the 19 dispatched missiles, 14 were allegedly annihilated in the regions of Kiew and Dnipropetrowsk. Juri Inat, spokesman for the Ukrainian air defense command, reported.
"After a prolonged hiatus of 79 days, the enemy resumed strikes with long-range cruise missiles launched from strategic Tu-95MS aircraft. These missiles were fired from Engels, a city in the Tov region, Russia." Popko disclosed on Telegram on Friday.
According to the Luftwaffenkommando's official Telegram account, the most recent major missile assault on Ukraine took place on September 21, when 43 rockets were launched, with 36 neutralized.
Relevant Enrichment Insights
- Kiev: Casualties are reported in Obolonskyi district, with one person killed and four injured. Two office buildings are severely damaged.
- Kryvyi Rih: Damage to apartment buildings, offices, and a school, but no reported casualties.
- Kherson Region: A residential building's entrance is partially destroyed, resulting in casualties. Rescue operations are ongoing.
- Kharkiv Region: Critical infrastructure facilities are targeted.
- Odesa Region: A kindergarten, children's clinic, and residential buildings are damaged; 160,000 residents are left without heating and electricity.
- Sumy Oblast: A non-residential building's windows are damaged, but no casualties are reported.
- Donetsk Oblast: One person is killed and two injured in Kostiantynivka, while another civilian is injured in Pokrovsk.
- Kherson Oblast: Seven people, including a child, are injured, and three apartment buildings and eight houses are damaged.
