According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, this Sunday, November 17, 2024, 120 missiles and 90 drones were launched last night by the Russians. Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense managed to destroy 140 of these targets, according to him. “Russia launched one of its largest air attacks: drones and missiles against peaceful cities, sleeping civilians, critical infrastructure.denounced Mr. Sybiga, head of diplomacy.
A “massive attack”
The Polish army announced earlier in the morning that it had taken off fighter planes and mobilized “all available forces and resources” to protect its territory for a “massive attack” of Russian missiles and drones against Ukraine, reports theAFP.
“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
These measures “are intended to ensure security in sectors adjoining threatened areas”he added.
Electrical installations targeted throughout Ukraine, according to kyiv
In Ukraine, Energy Minister German Galushchenko indicated on Telegram that a “Massive attack on the electricity system is underway”and that the Russian forces “attack electricity generation and transmission facilities throughout Ukraine”.
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 across the country, notably in the south in Zaporizhia, Odessa and Mykolaiv, as well as in Cherniguiv (north).
Cuts
The Ukrainian energy operator, DTEK, announced this morning “emergency power outages” in the kyiv region and in two regions in the east of the country.
“Emergency power cuts in kyiv, kyiv region, Donetsk region, Dnipropetrovsk region”wrote DTEK on Telegram.
Moscow, by increasing its drone and missile attacks, has already destroyed half of Ukraine’s energy capacity, according to kyiv.
