As one city being pounded 17 times an hour, residents are advised to take cover and not ignore alerts. This is the most intense bombing since the Kremlin assault began in February.
Across the entirety of Ukraine, air raid sirens have sounded in response to Russia’s ongoing attacks on multiple regions of the country, which have disrupted the power supply.
Explosions have been heard in Kyiv and its environs. And inhabitants have been asked to seek cover and not disregard alerts.
Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, and Zaporizhia were rocked by Kremlin-led attacks on vital infrastructure and power plants, respectively.
Additionally, sites have been targeted in the western Ukrainian city of Khmelnitskyi and the central Dnipropetrovsk region.
According to sources, Ukrainian air defences cannot intercept Russian S-300 rockets.
Zaporizhzhia city council secretary Anatolii Kurtiev said the city was bombarded 17 times in one hour. Making it the most intense shelling since the beginning of the invasion in February.
Russia increases missile assaults and targets power supply
In Kharkiv, authorities were attempting to determine the number of victims and the extent of the damage, with mayor Ihor Terekhov stating that there could be disruptions in heating, electricity, and water delivery.
Serhiy Popko, the commander of Kyiv’s military administration, informed the populace, “There is a significant risk of a missile assault. I will reiterate: do not disregard the air alert sirens.”
According to military analysts, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expecting Europe’s backing for Ukraine will wane as the anniversary of the invasion approaches and Moscow is reported to have initiated an expected big operation to win territorial gains.
Kyiv’s military intelligence service reported that Kremlin forces have boosted attacks in the partially controlled Donetsk and Luhansk regions to seize full control of the whole Donbas industrial region.
Since 2014, separatists supported by Moscow have fought Ukrainian forces there.
Over the past week, Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai told Ukrainian radio that shelling has climbed to ten days.
The number of daily attacks has increased.
In the meantime, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used a tour to the United Kingdom and Europe to press for the delivery of sophisticated fighter jets, causing Moscow to warm up.
