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Russia has targeted attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure across 15 regions with drone missiles. Russia has officially confirmed the attacks on Ukraine. Mykola Oleshchuk, Ukraine Air Force commander, has confirmed that they have brought down 127 missiles and 99 of the 109 drones launched by Russia.
Ukraine called it a massive attack since Russia began its invasion in February 2022. According to Aljazeera, an object has entered into the airspace of Poland during Russia's attack on Ukraine.
The United States of America has expressed their direct support to Ukraine and called it an ‘Outrageous attack’. US President Joe Biden took his Twitter and wrote, “I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, Russia's continued war against Ukraine and its efforts to plunge the Ukrainian people into darkness” He also added, "Russia will never succeed in Ukraine and the spirit of the Ukrainian people will never be broken.
Ukraine cities Kryvyi Rih, and Oleksandr Vilkul were under missile attack, in this incident one was killed and four were injured, said Kryvyi Rih’s military administration head.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he will respond to Russia's attack overnight. Over yesterday's attack, at least four were killed and sixteen were injured.
Russia also struck a “Symbolic Act” by Moscow in response to Ukraine crossing Putin’s “Last biggest red line”, said senior Ukrainian military official, said to BBC.
The neighbouring region of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was also attacked. Zelensky was a comedian before becoming the President in 2019. His 95th quarter show has made him famous. He claimed this attack three weeks before that Putin wanted to strike at the very heart.
Zelensky claims that Russia has targeted 81 drones, cruise, ballistic and air-launched missiles. He is confident that he will reply to Russia's attack. He shared his warning to Russia on his social media post.
After the attack, Zelensky requested other nations for support. He asked for Western allies. He asked the British, America and other nations to urgently grant permission for Ukraine to use western-made, long-range weapons to hit Russia deep inside. Zelensky also worried about the civilian's death. He said if the mass air strikes happen between the countries there will be killings of civilians and also Ukraine’s energy infrastructure will be in trouble.
Ukraine airport has confirmed that they have brought down 60 drones during Russia’s attack overnight. Russia has in total launched 10 missiles and 81 drones. They released a statement on Telegram.
