Moscow continues to bomb Ukraine relentlessly. “Russia launched one of the largest air attacks” since the start of its invasion in February 2022, announced the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Andrii Sybiha, on the X network.
He evokes “drones and missiles against peaceful cities, sleeping civilians and critical infrastructure”and demands “peace through strength”in reference to the debate around possible negotiations between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin. Next to “120 missiles et 90 drones” were fired during the night from Saturday to Sunday and in the morning, according to the Ukrainian president. Follow our live stream.
A “massive attack” on the Ukrainian energy network. Russia launched a “massive” against the Ukrainian energy network, announced the national energy operator DTEK on Sunday, November 17. Of the “emergency power cuts” had to be launched “in kyiv, in the kyiv region, in the Donetsk region, in the Dnipropetrovsk region”wrote DTEK on Telegram.
Poland takes off fighter planes to protect its territory. “Due to a massive attack by the Russian Federation carrying out cruise missile, ballistic missile and drone strikes against facilities in, among other places, western Ukraine, Operations of Polish and allied aircraft in our airspace have begun”wrote the Polish central command on the social network “are intended to ensure security in sectors adjoining threatened areas”.
At least two dead in Russian drone attack in Mykolaiv. Shahed drones launched by Russia on Mykolaiv hit a residential building, killed two women and injured six people including two children, the national emergency service announced on Telegram.
Explosions heard across the country. The mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitchko, reported one person injured when a drone fragment fell on an apartment building. Local authorities and Ukrainian media reported numerous explosions, notably in the south in Zaporizhia, Odessa and Mykolaiv, as well as in Cherniguiv (north).
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