The Russian army launched a massive attack on southern and central Ukraine on Thursday night. Due to the activities of the Russian army, the Polish army sent fighter jets and an early warning plane into the air. The suspended operation of the airports in the cities of Lublin and Rzeszów was resumed on Wednesday evening, the Onet.pl news website reported, writes TASR.
- The Russian army launched a massive attack on southern Ukraine at night.
- Poland sent fighter jets and an early warning plane into the air.
- Dozens of drones and guided missiles flew over several Ukrainian regions.
- A rocket attack on Kyiv injured at least thirteen people and caused fires.
- The attacks caused extensive fires in the city of Dnipro, at least five people were injured.
In Ukrainian airspace, including over Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad regions, on the night of Thursday dozens of drones and several groups of cruise missiles observed, probably of the Ch-101 type or similar. Some reports also indicated the activity of Russian strategic aircraft, including Tu-95 bombers, added Onet.pl.
Reuters reported that Russian troops launched a rocket attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, injuring at least 13 people. Fires broke out in different parts of the city.
Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko said that one of the rockets hit the sixth floor of a 16-story apartment building in the central part of Podil. According to him, no fire broke out after the intervention.
In the northern part of the metropolis, in the Oboloň district, there was an extensive fire in one of the buildings. Four emergency medical service workers were injured in the attack. Fragments of rockets also fell on several other places in the city. The head of the Kyiv military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, reported that at least four people were injured.
Russian attacks also caused extensive fires in the city of Dnipro in the south-east of Ukraine, where according to the regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha, five people were injured. Images posted online showed burning buildings.
