An attack by the Russian army on the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Tuesday night claimed the lives of two people and injured at least three othersregional governor Oleh Synehubov said on Tuesday morning.
- The Russian attack on Kharkiv claimed two lives and injured three.
- A drone hit a children’s medical facility, causing a fire.
- Russia attacks daily with drones and missiles, targets include energy infrastructure.
- Kyiv faced ballistic missiles, air defense responded to the explosions.
- Zelenskyi warned of another major attack aimed at knocking out air defenses.
Mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terechov added that a Russian remote-controlled drone hit a children’s medical facility, causing a fire. The AFP agency added that Moscow has been sending swarms of drones and missiles into Ukraine every day for the past few monthswhile also targeting the energy infrastructure, which causes power outages and complicates an already difficult situation in the middle of a freezing winter.
The capital city of Kyiv was also attacked. The head of the military administration in Kyiv, Tymur Tkachenko, announced that the Russian army is attacking Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Mayor Vitalij Klyčko reported on the explosions in the city and the intervention of air defense.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday evening, referring to the secret services, declared that Russia is preparing another large-scale attack on Ukraine. It could happen in the next few days, and drones could be deployed in it, the goal of which would be to knock out Ukrainian air defenses, as well as missiles. Zelenskyy appealed to the Ukrainians to pay attention to the sirens signaling an air attack in this situation, the DPA agency reported.
A similar situation occurred last week, when Zelenskyi warned on Thursday of a large-scale night attack by Russian forces. A few hours later, the Russian army launched a fierce attack on the Lviv region of western Ukraine, during which, according to Moscow, it also used the new medium-range Oresnik missile.
