Ukraine hit by largest Russian strike to date within the struggle – Cyber Tech

Explosions rang out throughout the nation, from east to west, together with in comparatively war-free areas comparable to Kharkiv, Kropyvnytsky, Dnipro, Lviv, Loutsk and Kyiv. On the morning of Monday, August 26, Ukraine was the goal of the biggest Russian missile and drone assault for the reason that invasion started in February 2022.

The strikes, which hit vitality infrastructure in 15 areas of the nation, left 5 folks lifeless and dozens injured, in line with the most recent official toll. The assault comes as Ukrainian forces declare to be gaining floor within the Russian border area of Kursk since their extremely secretive incursion on August 6.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, claimed on his Telegram channel that Russian forces had launched “greater than 100 missiles of assorted sorts and 100 Shahed” kamikaze drones. The Ukrainian basic employees on the finish of the day revised the depend to 1 hundred and twenty-seven missiles and 109 assault drones.

“We might do rather more to guard lives if the air forces of our European neighbors labored along with our F-16 [fighters] and anti-aircraft defenses,” added Zelensky, who had introduced the arrival of the long-awaited American fighters originally of August, with out specifying the quantity.

On the Russian facet, the protection ministry stated it had carried out a “huge strike” towards vitality websites “enabling the operation of Ukraine’s military-industrial advanced” in addition to “electrical energy substations” in 9 areas of the nation. Gasoline community “compressor stations” have been additionally hit within the Lviv and Kharkiv areas, in line with an announcement.

The bombardment additionally hit the hydroelectric energy station on the Dnipro river, upstream from the capital. A video posted on social media confirmed the street above the dam plagued by particles. Andriy Kovalenko, of Ukraine’s nationwide safety and protection council, instantly acknowledged that the strikes posed no risk to the Kyiv dam.

Emergency energy cuts

In the meantime, on Monday, Polish and allied plane have been despatched into the airspace of NATO member Poland, as a result of depth of Russian bombing close to its border. The Polish military introduced {that a} “flying plane,” most likely a Shahed kamikaze drone, had penetrated its airspace, earlier than disappearing from radar.

Within the Ukrainian capital, the primary air protection explosions have been heard at 8 am. 1000’s of residents rushed to deep subway stations to hunt shelter, whereas Ukrainian vitality operator Ukrenergo imposed emergency energy cuts to stabilize the grid.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko additionally introduced that some neighborhoods could be with out water. The alert lasted seven hours and 46 minutes. Ukrainian authorities have been ordered to open “factors of invincibility,” shelters the place folks can cost their telephones and different units throughout energy cuts, stated Prime Minister Denys Chmyhal.

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