Loud explosions rang out in kyiv this Friday morning after a series of air alerts to ballistic missiles fired from Russia towards Ukrainian territory, noted an AFP journalist.
“Ballistic missile coming from the north!” warned the Ukrainian air force in a message on Telegram, almost three years after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a war which has already claimed dozens of thousands of lives.
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Thick smoke rose above the Ukrainian capital, where Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported at least two injuries following the explosions, which occurred the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual press conference. who rejected any truce.
Advance of the Russian army in southern Ukraine
Ukrainian authorities also reported missile attacks in the southern city of Kherson, where one person was killed and six injured, as well as several other towns and villages. Russian forces are advancing in the Kharkiv region, bordering Russia, with the aim of reconquering the city of Kupiansk, occupied during the first year of the war.
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The city was occupied by the Russian army at the start of its invasion in February 2022, then liberated by Ukrainian forces during a dazzling counter-offensive in September of the same year. Koupiansk, an important railway junction in this sector, is crossed by the Oskil River, which has become the de facto front line between Russian and Ukrainian troops.
The Russian army, which has been advancing more rapidly in recent months in eastern Ukraine, has increased its attacks in this area, which it has been trying to recapture for months, in particular trying to cross the river again.
