President Volodymyr Zelensky and General Valery Zaluzhny spoke out after the Russians attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones.
“During Friday’s shelling, Russia attacked Ukraine with almost everything at its disposal: Kinzhal hypersonic and cruise missiles, S-300 rocket launchers, drones. About 110 rockets were fired, most of which were destroyed,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
“We will definitely respond to the blows of terrorists. And we will fight to ensure the security of our country, every city and all our citizens. Russian terror must lose – and it will,” he noted.
Zelensky and Zaluzhny spoke out
Currently, relevant departments and local authorities are carrying out rescue operations and assessing losses.
“According to preliminary information, that night the enemy used 158 airstrike assets against Ukraine: various types of missiles and attack drones,” Ukraine’s military commander-in-chief General Valery Zaluzhny wrote on social media.
“The air defense forces, in cooperation with other types of Ukrainian forces, destroyed 27 Shahed-131/136 attack drones and 87 Kh-101/Ch-555/Ch-55 cruise missiles,” he added.
Rockets fell on Ukraine
On the night from Thursday to Friday, Russia carried out the largest missile attack on Ukraine in months. The latest death toll stands at twelve dead and over seventy injured.
The Russians fired several types of cruise missiles. They used strategic bombers, among other things, to attack. Most of the missiles were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.
It is known that the cities hit by rockets include: Kharkov, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Lviv and Odessa. Explosions were also heard in Kiev in the morning.
“Explosions in Kiev. The air defense is working. Stay in bomb shelters!” – wrote Vitali Klitschko, mayor of the Ukrainian capital, in the morning.
‘Lviv. Explosions have been heard in the city. Everyone in bomb shelters!’ – said Andriy Sadowy, mayor of Lviv, noting that at least two attacks had taken place.
In Odessa, fragments of the downed Shahed drone fell on one of the skyscrapers. According to local authorities, the fire was quickly brought under control.
Kharkov Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote that a “massive rocket attack” was underway. Explosions were heard in the city and the local military administration reported that Russia “carried out approximately ten attacks on the city.”
Source: Do Rzeczy
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