Kyiv faced on Monday hail of “Kamikaze” drones strike it hit key Infrastructure in And around the Ukrainian capital.
The strikes came just before the presidency of Russian President Vladimir Putin for Belarus, prompting fears that he will put pressure on his former Soviet ally join a new offensive on Ukraine.
said the Ukrainian Air Force air fire defenses down 30 third Russian drone air attack on Ukrainian capital in six days and latest in a series of Attacks since October have targeted Ukrainians power grid, causing a sweeping outage amid near-freezing temperatures.
Kyivmayor said no one died or was injured in attacks on Kyiv Which shook the Solomyansky and Shevchenkivsky districts of the capital, according to Olya information.
Cheaply produced “kamikaze” drones, disposable drones that fly toward their target before crash-landing and exploding on Effect.
under the dark of night, a fire raged on one Location of an energy facility in A Reuters witness said the Shevchenkivsky district in the center of the country is often targeted.
“I heard an explosion in An old man said, “I heard an explosion for another three or four minutes.” who He works as a guard at a nearby hospital.
Solomyansky district in western part of Kyiv he is busy transport axle, home to the train station and one of The city airport passengers.
Kyiv 18 officials said out of 23 drones were launched down over the city of 3.6 million.
“K result of the attack on Capital, critical “Infrastructure facilities have been damaged,” said Vitali Klitschko. on Telegram messaging app.
“Heating and power engineers are quickly stabilizing the situation with energy and heat supply.”
Olesky Kuleba, Governor of the region Ocean KyivInfrastructure, he said private Homes were damaged and that two people They got hurt. said the attack caused “Moderately serious” and three-zone damage in the region It was left without power.
Ukraine national power said the network operator, Ukrenergo on Telegram drones have been targeted power plants all over the country.
“Currently, the most difficult situation is in She added that “the central, eastern and Dnipro regions.”
Belarus activity
There was a constant Russia and Belarus military activity for months in Belarus, a close ally of the Kremlin that Moscow’s forces used as a staging post for Loser attack on Kyiv in February.
Putin visit, for talks with Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, will be his first To Minsk since 2019 – before the epidemic and the wave of Belarusian protests in 2020, which Lukashenko crushed with strong support from the Kremlin.
Lukashenko has repeatedly said he does not intend to of Send his country’s troops to Ukraine.
“During (these talks) questions will be resolved out for More aggression against Ukraine and the broader participation of Belarusian Armed Forces in the operation against ukraine, in a certain, in we saw, also on “On the ground,” said Serhiy Naev, commander of the Ukrainian Joint Forces.
Russian forces that moved to Belarus in October A Russian battalion will conduct tactical exercises Interfax news The agency reported citing the Russian defense Ministry.
It wasn’t right away clear when they want start.
The conflict has been going on for 10 months in Ukraine is the largest in Europe since World War II, killing tens of thousands of peopleLeadership millions from others homes Turning cities into ruins.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the armed forces were still standing in City of Bakhmut – the scene of fiercest fight for Many weeks while Russia tries to advance in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine region.
“the battlefield in Bakhmut critical, he said, “We control the city, although the occupiers are doing everything so that it will not be damaged wall will remain stands up. “
Zelensky on Monday called on Western leaders meeting in Latvia, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, to supply it on a large scale range of weapon systems.
Denis Pushlin, proven Russian official of Section of Donetsk region controlled by Moscow, said that Ukrainian forces bombed a hospital in Donetsk city killing one person and injuring several others.
Russia defense The ministry said over the past 24 hours Her forces opened fire down four from us-made HARM anti-radiation missiles over Belgorod regionwhich borders Ukraine, the state-run TASS news agency reported.
Reuters could not verify an independent source battlefield accounts.
Putin throws what he calls Russia”special military proces” in Ukraine is the moment when Moscow finally stood up up To the Western bloc, led by the United States, which seeks to benefit on Fall 1991 of The Soviet Union destroyed Russia.
Kyiv And the West says that this assertion is absurd and that Putin is unjustified for What they see as an empire-style war of resulted from aggression in Russia now controls about a fifth of Ukraine.
Moscow said on On Monday, Russian and Chinese forces are scheduled to hold joint naval exercises between December 21 and 27, involving missiles and artillery. firing in East China Sea.
While the exercises have been held annually since 2012, Moscow has sought to strengthen its political, security and economic ties. with Beijing in Recent months and sees Chinese President Xi Jinping as a key ally in Anti-Western coalition.
