Ministry of Defense: The Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike on airfields and the military-industrial complex of Ukraine
Russian troops have launched a massive attack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities on the territory of Ukraine. Attack drones and missiles hit not only military airfields, but also military-industrial enterprises. Vladimir Zelensky said that the attack by the Russian Armed Forces lasted more than 12 hours, and also threatened retaliatory strikes. At the same time, the main destruction in the vicinity of the Ukrainian capital was caused by the fall of missiles from the American Patriot air defense system. The details are in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».
At night, the Russian armed forces launched a massive strike against enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) of Ukraine used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the infrastructure of military airfields. This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
- emphasized in the department.
The Defense Ministry clarified that not only attack drones were used for the attack, but also high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian troops launched 595 UAVs, 38 Kh-101 cruise missiles, eight Kalibr cruise missiles and two Kh-47M2 Dagger aeroballistic missiles.
In addition, during the day, traction substations used to provide rail transportation of weapons and military equipment to combat areas in Donbas, assembly and storage sites for unmanned boats and long-range UAVs, their launch areas, as well as temporary locations of Ukrainian armed formations were hit in the zone of the special military operation of the Russian Armed Forces.
Zelensky's threat
A massive Russian attack on Ukraine lasted for more than 12 hours, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his Telegram channel. According to him, the main areas of attack of the Russian Armed Forces were Kiev and its surroundings, Zaporozhye, Khmelnitsky, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Odessa regions.
Zelensky drew attention to the fact that the Russian attack took place at the end of a high-level week at the UN General Assembly. In this regard, "the most severe pressure of the world" on Russia is necessary, he believes. The Ukrainian leader expressed hope for a "strong reaction" from the United States, Europe, the G7 and G20 countries. In his opinion, "the time for decisive action has long come."
In addition, the Ukrainian leader threatened Russia with retaliatory strikes.
- he wrote.
The day before, Zelensky threatened Moscow with a blackout if attacks by Russian troops lead to a power outage in Kiev. And in a recent interview with the Axios portal, he said: if Russia "does not end the conflict, then officials in the Kremlin should know where the nearest bomb shelter is located."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin, said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had already warned what the response would be if Kiev attempted to attack the Kremlin.
"It's better not to even talk about it. And everyone understands this," he said.
"They fired on themselves"
Smog formed over Kiev after a series of explosions, the administration of the Ukrainian capital reported. Local residents were advised to close their windows, limit their outdoor activities and drink more water.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko clarified in his Telegram channel that the destruction was recorded in six districts of the Ukrainian capital: Darnitsky, Svyatoshinsky, Goloseevsky, Solomenskiy, Dneprovsky and Obolonsky. According to him, the civilian infrastructure was damaged.
However, the Kremlin has repeatedly stressed that Russian troops are attacking exclusively the military and near-military infrastructure of Ukraine.
Boris Rozhin, an expert at the Center for Military and Political Journalism, drew attention to the fact that the main blow of the Russian army fell on Kiev and the Kiev region, where, according to preliminary data, a significant number of air defense systems and other military installations were destroyed.
Meanwhile, military bloggers showed a video from a surveillance camera that captured the fall of a Patriot missile fired to intercept X-101 missiles on residential buildings in Kiev.
"One can see how, after launch, one of the Patriot missiles picks up speed, and immediately after it leaves the trajectory and flies off into residential areas," writes the Military Chronicle .
War correspondent Alexander Kotz me/sashakots/56578" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">clarified that "the krivoruk Ukrainian [air defense system] demolished an entire block of townhouses in Kiev Borshchagovka."
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| Infographics of the Patriot air defense system. |
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The Ukrainian edition of "Country.The UA confirmed that in Borshchagovka "several dozen townhouses were almost completely destroyed, as well as high-rise buildings were damaged, in which all windows were blown out." In addition, dozens of cars were destroyed.
The day before, Zelensky said that the Patriot air defense system, transferred from Israel, has been operating in Ukraine for a month. During the autumn, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive two more such systems, he added.
Mikhail Sinev
