Kiev (EFE)
“Around 2:30 a.m., the Russian occupiers attacked Ukrainian territory from strategic aircraft: nine Tu-95 bombers from Olenegorsk, in the Murmansk region, and two Tu-160 from the Caspian Sea. In total, they launched 18 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from the air,” he specified in a message on Telegram, collected by the Ukrinform agency.
For his part, the head of the military administration of the Ukrainian capital, Serhiy Popko, reported that the anti-aircraft defense managed to shoot down all Russian missiles and drones over kyiv last night.
“Tonight the enemy has launched another massive air strike against Ukraine. The second in a row in the last 3 days. According to preliminary information, the missiles were fired from strategic aircraft (type Tu95ms). The alert in the capital lasted about three hours, ”he indicated in a message on Telegram, picked up by“ Ukrainska Pravda ”.
He added that, once again, the Russians attacked “comprehensively, with cruise missiles and drones at the same time,” noting that there have reportedly been no civilian casualties or damage to residential buildings or infrastructure.
Over the past night an air alert was declared in kyiv and in all regions of Ukraine.
The number of civilians injured by a Russian attack in Dnipropetrovsk rises to 34
The number of civilians injured in a Russian missile attack last night against the Pavlohrad district in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine has risen to 34, including five children, the head of the regional military administration, Serhii Lysak, said.
“There are already 34 injured by the missile attack in the Pavlohrad district. Five of them are children. The youngest is only 8 years old, ”she specified in a message on Telegram that includes“ Ukrainska Pravda ”.
He pointed out that the injured have bruises, fractures, cuts and lacerations, bruises and poisoning from combustion products.
Two women, ages 45 and 55, are in intensive care and the other injured are receiving outpatient treatment.
A freight train derails in Russia’s Bryansk region after an explosion
About a dozen wagons of a train loaded with petroleum derivatives have derailed in the Russian region of Briansk, on the border with Ukraine, due to an explosion, the local governor, Alexandr Bogomaz, reported Monday.
According to Bogomaz, the incident is due to an “unidentified explosive” that was activated on the railways.
“There are no injuries. The emergency services are working on the spot,” the governor added in a message on Telegram.
The circulation of trains in the affected section was stopped, he warned.