Ukraine targeted by ‘one of the biggest’ Russian air attacks, Poland takes off fighter jets

Ukraine suffers “one of the greatest” air attacks launched by Russia, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Andriï Sybiga, said on Sunday, with the country being targeted by strikes against its energy infrastructure. “Russia launched one of its biggest air attacks: drones and missiles against peaceful cities, sleeping civilians, critical infrastructure”denounced Andriï Sybiga.

The Polish army, for its part, announced that it had taken off fighter planes and mobilized “all available forces and resources” to protect its territory during this “massive attack” against Ukraine. “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

Energy goals

These measures “are intended to ensure security in sectors adjoining threatened areas”he added. 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).

The Ukrainian energy operator, DTEK, also announced on Sunday “emergency power outages” in the kyiv region and two regions in the east of the country, as national authorities earlier denounced a Russian attack «massive» against the country’s energy network. “Emergency power cuts in kyiv, kyiv region, Donetsk region, Dnipropetrovsk region”wrote DTEK on Telegram.