The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on Friday that the Russian armed forces carried out an extensive attack on Ukraine on Friday night, allegedly focused on military buildings. According to Russia, the attack was a response to the “terrorist acts of the Kiev regime” – as Moscow refers to the current management of Ukraine, AFP reported. As eyewitnesses, AFP newsletters added that, for example, in Kiev, an apartment building was also hit, TASR writes.
“On Friday night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive strike by high -precision weapons with long range from the air, sea and the ground, as well as using offensive unmanned aircraft,” the Russian ministry said in an official statement.
According to the Defense Ministry, the attacks focused on the production and repair of weapons and military equipment, the mounting halls of unmanned aircraft, the training centers of the air staff and the warehouses of the Ukrainian armed forces.
“The objectives of the attack were met, all designated objects were affected,” the ministry added.
The victims were likely to be rescuers
Ukraine reported at least three victims of life after night attacks. According to the British BBC station, there could be three rescuers who helped the injured after one of the waves of Kiev. Another nine of their colleagues suffered injuries.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that the night attack of the Russian army, besides the three victims of the lives, also claimed more than 40 injured.
The Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klicka had previously informed that at least four people died in the metropolis and two more were injured. The combined Russian attack on the capital has triggered the fires of residential buildings in several places.
Russia attacked more than 400 drones
Russia, according to a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, attacked Ukraine with 407 drones and 44 shots, including ballistic missiles. According to him, the air defense managed to shoot down approximately 30 missiles and 200 unmanned aircraft.
AFP recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced after Wednesday’s call with US President Donald Trump that Moscow would respond to the Ukrainian diverse Pavučina operation, which Ukrainians took attacks on military airports in the Murmanská, Irkutská, Ivanov, Riazan and Aunská and Amur areas. inland. Moscow confirmed that in the Murman and Irkutsk region “several aircraft” began to burn due to drone intervention.
A spokesman for Russian President Dmitry Peskov on Thursday announced that Russia would respond to attacks on airports in its inland when he sees it appropriate. When asked by journalists what and when this response to the cobweb surgery would be, Peskov said, “Such and when our soldiers recognize it appropriate.”
