Russia has launched waves of missile and drone attacks targeting several Ukrainian regions killing at least four people, according to Ukraine’s military, a day after it carried out a “massive” attack on Ukraine’s power grid.
Two people were killed when a hotel was “wiped out” in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said on Tuesday. Two more people died in drone attacks on the city of Zaporizhzhia, east of Kryvyi Rih.
The Kyiv region’s air defence systems were deployed several times overnight to repel missiles and drones targeting Kyiv, the regional military administration said on the Telegram messaging app.
Ukrainian air defences shot down about 15 drones and several missiles near the Ukrainian capital during Russia’s overnight attack, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Tuesday morning.
“Everything that flew to the capital of Ukraine was destroyed,” he said on Telegram.
Ukraine shot down five missiles and 60 drones launched by Russia during the overnight attack, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Tuesday.
Russia launched a total of 91 projectiles, including 10 missiles and 81 Iranian-designed attack drones, from several regions, it said in a social media post.
On Monday, Russia launched more than 200 missiles and drones, killing at least seven people and damaging energy infrastructure. US President Joe Biden condemned the attack as “outrageous”.
“I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, Russia’s continued war against Ukraine and its efforts to plunge the Ukrainian people into darkness,” he said in a statement.
“Let me be clear: Russia will never succeed in Ukraine, and the spirit of the Ukrainian people will never be broken.” -(Al Jazeera)
