Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 13 Iranian Shahed drones launched by Russia overnight, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Lieutenant General Mikola Oleshchuk, reported this Saturday.
“The enemy attacked with 13 Shahed-131/136 unmanned attack vehicles and four S-300 guided anti-aircraft missiles. All launches were carried out from the Belgorod region, in the Russian Federation.”he specified in his message on Telegram.
As a result of combat operations, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and mobile firing groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed 13 attack drones in the regions of Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovskhe added.
The head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleg Sinegubovspecified in a message on Telegram that four people were injured in the attack.
“The occupiers attacked with Shaheds. As a result of the impact of the debris (from the drones), a two-story office and warehouse building burned. Also a tire repair shop. “Four people were injured.”he pointed.
For his part, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Sergei Lisakreported that air defense forces managed to shoot down five Shahed drones over the Pavlograd district overnight, although critical infrastructure and three homes were damaged, one of which caught fire.
“A man and a woman were injured. “Both are hospitalized in a state of medium severity.”reported on Telegram.
Also in the afternoon and evening, the Russians attacked the Nikopol district five times with heavy artillery, “Grad” multiple rocket launchers and a kamikaze drone, with no injuries reported, he added.
A public service company, a high school, two multi-story buildings, a bank, a power line, as well as critical infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Meanwhile, the British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron authorized Ukraine to attack targets in Russia using the weapons of a new multi-year aid package of USD 3.75 billion that is being sent to him. The authority also announced that the United Kingdom will continue to help Ukraine both militarily and economically. “Not just this year or next. Every year Ukraine needs it,” he said.
Cameron visited kyiv, from where he claimed the United Kingdom as “one of the first” countries to provide weapons to Ukraine and sign a security agreement. And he noted that he is now also “the first to announce a “multi-year package”with a view to other countries following their example.
Furthermore, he pointed out that “Ukraine’s security is the best investment “What can be done to ensure our own security and prosperity.” In this sense, he warned that in Ukraine it is also played “European security” and pointed out two different scenarios: one in which there is a “just peace” and in which “Ukraine regains sovereignty and NATO becomes stronger” and another in which the Russian president, Vladimir Putin“a victory is scored” and the world becomes “more insecure, uncertain and dangerous”.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has welcomed the successive military aid packages announced from London, the latest confirmed last week and valued at 500 million pounds (USD 626 million). “This package, along with the crucial decision by the United States to provide assistance, is of utmost importance to us at a key moment,” he said in a statement.
(With information from EFE)
