Numerous explosions of great power shook shortly after 01:00 (22:00 GMT) in the early morning of Thursday the center of the Ukrainian capital, by launching the Russian forces A new massive attack combined with missiles and drones against kyiv and its surroundings.
According to the mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, At least 9 people died and 63 have been injured In several districts of the capital during the attack, which has caused damage in several areas of the city. Klitschko also pointed out that a five -year -old boy was taken to a hospital.
“kyiv is suffering a combined attack”he wrote in his Telegram account the military administration of the capital region, which said that Russia had employed ballistic missiles in this bombing and warned that new missile and drone waves could reach the capital during the next few hours. These authorities called kyiv’s residents to seek refuge.
This night attack against kyiv occurs after Ukraine has repeatedly requested in recent days a truce in the attacks with missiles and long distance drones against civil infrastructure that Russia has refused to declare.
The last missile attack against the Ukrainian capital occurred on April 5, when at least three people were injured. kyiv has been the target of sporadic attacks since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Ukraine continues to resist the daily attacks of Russia after the brief truce by Easter and with an intensification of bombings with suicidal drones to destroy infrastructure and undermine the morals of Ukrainians.
In Kharkiv (East) and Odessa (South), two of the largest cities in Ukraine, residents have endured days of repeated attacks of unmanned aerial vehicles And they have seen their lives marked by a mixture of fear and challenge.
On Tuesday, a swarm of drones attacked Kharkiv in broad daylight and broke the pattern of night attacks, killed a person and wounded ten.
Hundreds of kilometers south, in Odesa, residents faced equally intense attacks the last two nights.
According to Oleksandr Kovalenko, Odesa’s military analyst, The escalation of Russian attacks against the civilian population reveals the total indifference of Moscow for peace efforts. “It is an effort calculated to terrorize Ukrainians and crush their will to resistance,” he told EFE. “Russia has no intention of stopping,” he said.
Kovalenko said Russia launched 1,346 drones so far in April, less than the 4196 record launched last month. However, the attacks have become more destructive due to the evolution of tactics.
Russian forces now display drones in groups that fly at great height to avoid Ukrainian aerial defenses and then plumged towards the objectives in rapid successionleaving little time to react.
As a result, the percentage of drones that aerial defenses fail to intercept has recently increased to 11%, compared to 3-4% of a month ago.
Although it is not yet critical, this trend, combined with the increase in the explosive load of each drone, increases the danger and requires strengthening the local air defenses, Kovalenko warned.
(With information from AFP and EFE)
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