Ukraine — Ukraine said Tuesday that its air defence systems had downed five missiles and 60 attack drones in a second night of Russian aerial bombardments that killed four.
The overnight attacks came one day after the Kremlin launched one of its largest-ever aerial attacks on Ukraine that battered energy facilities and left several dead.
The air force said on social media Tuesday morning that Russia had launched a total of 91 projectiles including 10 missiles and 81 Iranian-designed attack drones from several regions of Russia.
Russia tried to hit Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant today during missile attack located on the Dnieper River in Vyshhorod, Kyiv region, Central Ukraine.
Damaging the Kyiv HPP could lead to severe flooding of cities and villages downstream along the Dnipro River.
If successful,… pic.twitter.com/cYqACBYRaD
— Clash Report (@clashreport) August 26, 2024
“Unfortunately, despite the effective work of our air defence systems, four people were killed and 16 were wounded,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on social media.
He said rescue work was ongoing at the impact sites and vowed a response to the attacks.
“Crimes against humanity cannot be committed with impunity,” he added in the post.
Today we had the most massive russian missiles and drones attack. Russians want to plunge us into the darkness but after every night there will be a morning. @UArmedForces kicks them and will give larger response. Support Ukraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/XELBry1cEa
— Pavlo Tkachenko (@pavlentij) August 26, 2024
AFP journalists in the capital Kyiv heard air raid sirens echo over the city throughout the night as well as explosions, likely from air defence systems.
Since invading in February 2022, Russia has launched repeated large-scale drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, including punishing strikes on energy facilities.
Local authorities said earlier on Tuesday that two people had been killed in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region and two in the central city of Kryvyi Rig after a missile struck a hotel.
The hotel strike comes just days after a team working for the Reuters news agency were hit by a missile in their hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, killing a safety advisor working with the agency.
#BREAKING #NEWS #RUSSIA #NATO #NATOterrorism #Ukraine
Russia continues to liquidate NATO officers in Ukraine, Russia hit the Aurora Hotel in Kryvyi Rih, which had foreign officers inside. Two days ago, Russia hit a hotel in Kramatorsk, which had British officers inside. pic.twitter.com/gNAZFtua4l
— El’Gido (@Elg1do) August 26, 2024
Civilian hotel in #KrywyjRih before and after arrival. The number of victims is being determined.
What the hell did the Russians think they were bombing there? The #Ukraine cruise missile centre??? pic.twitter.com/zAMSJZEYMz
— Boris Alexander Beissner (@boris_beissner) August 26, 2024
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