The Ukrainian Air Force announced that the forces Ukrainian It destroyed 18 out of 51 missiles of various types fired during a wave of air strikes Russian Today, Monday, he pointed out that the attack targeted civilian infrastructure, industrial and military targets in many regions of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Air Force added, in a statement, that Russia launched 32 Cruise missile During the night, in addition to 8 Shahed drones, all drones were shot down, in the third concentrated bombing within a week.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zalughny, said via the Telegram application that Russia used 59 cruise missiles and drones in its air attack on Ukraine, noting that Until all 8 Iranian-made Shahed drones were repelled.
Joint attack
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that there was a joint attack on military and industrial targets in Ukraine, explaining that it had been carried out About 300 people were evacuated from the city of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border, after it was bombed by the Ukrainian army.
As the second anniversary of the war approached, Kiev and Moscow exchanged accusations of causing dozens of civilian casualties in light of the escalation of attacks, and Russian attacks focused on targets in eastern and southern Ukraine, which are the areas least protected by air defenses.
Local officials said that at least 4 civilians were killed and others were injured in the bombing of residential areas and commercial sites, as Russian missiles targeted a shopping center and towers in the town of Kryvyi Rih, where the president comes from. Volodymyr ZelenskyPointing out that the attack led to many problems in power networks and electrical transportation.
Hundreds of residents evacuated
For its part, the Russian authorities announced the evacuation of about 300 people from the city of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border, after it was bombed by the Ukrainian army.
Reuters quoted the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, as saying, “About 300 Belgorod residents, who decided to leave the city temporarily, are currently residing in temporary shelters in cities far from the Russian-Ukrainian border.”
The governor of the Russian city said, “Over the past 24 hours, we have received 1,300 requests to transfer children residing in Belgorod to school camps far from the city, in other regions.”
On Friday, Gladkov offered the residents of Belgorod to evacuate the city, which is about 32 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, and which has been subjected to intense strikes by the Ukrainian army in recent weeks.
This population evacuation is the largest of its kind in a major Russian city since the beginning of the Russian war in Ukraine in February 2022.
Belgorod was subjected to Ukrainian attacks on December 30, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of 25 people, the largest number of civilian deaths in Russia since the outbreak of the war.
