Ukrainian authorities issued an air alert over the country on Wednesday after, according to authorities, a missile attack carried out by Russia against kyiv. Russian President Vladimir “Putin is launching a missile attack on kyiv,” warned Andriy Yermak on Telegram.
A country-wide alert was launched this Wednesday by Ukrainian authorities, after a missile attack carried out by Russia against the capital kyiv.
Russian President Vladimir “Putin is launching a missile attack on kyiv,” Andriy Yermak, head of state Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, wrote on Telegram.
A previous “record”
The Ukrainian Air Force earlier warned against the entry into the country's airspace of a missile flying in the direction of kyiv. As a reminder, Russia has been shelling civilian areas across Ukraine since the start of the offensive launched in February 2022 by Moscow.
During the night from Saturday to Sunday, Ukraine was targeted by an attack by 145 Russian drones, a “record” according to Volodymyr Zelensky.
On Sunday morning, the Moscow region was targeted by a drone attack on an unprecedented scale since the start of the armed conflict. Thirty-four aircraft were shot down there according to Russian authorities and one person was injured.