Ukraine: nine dead in Russian air strikes. Zelensky: ‘North Korean missiles were used’
The Russian Ministry of Defence has claimed responsibility for the Max missile strikes, “which targeted companies in the military-industrial sector and transport and logistics centres in the cities of Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia”
In the last few hours, Russian attacks in Ukraine have caused at least nine deaths overnight, six of them in Zaporizhzhia, in the south-east of the country. The authorities announced this this morning. In the city of Zaporizhzhia, “six people were killed and 19 wounded”, wrote Ivan Fedorov, head of the regional military administration, on Telegram. According to him, the Russian army carried out a “massive” attack using missiles and guided bombs, damaging residential and non-residential buildings.
Specifically, the Russian Ministry of Defence has claimed to have captured two further villages in Ukraine over the past 24 hours. These are the settlement of Novoye Pole, in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, and that of Schcherbakova, in the north-eastern oblast of Kharkiv. For its part, Kyiv reports that it has struck a “major refinery in Orenburg”, in Russia.
Zelensky: “Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles”
“Emergency rescue operations have been underway since last night to deal with the aftermath of the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia. The city was struck by North Korean ballistic missiles, Zircon missiles and guided aerial bombs. It was a ferocious attack, calculated to inflict maximum damage specifically on civilian infrastructure. Unfortunately, to date, six people have been killed and nineteen injured in the city. My condolences go out to their families and loved ones. Emergency services are continuing to extinguish a fire at one of the impact sites.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote this on X.
The Russian army also carried out a drone and artillery attack on five districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region (east), according to the head of the local military administration. “Three people were killed”, including a 15-year-old boy, Oleksandr Ganja stated on Telegram, adding that five others were injured.
In Kyiv, a series of explosions were heard shortly after midnight (11 pm Italian time yesterday), as reported by AFP journalists, following a missile alert. A fire broke out in a warehouse and one person was injured, according to the national emergency service. The Russian Ministry of Defence has claimed responsibility for the attacks using Max missiles, “which targeted military-industrial enterprises and transport and logistics centres in the cities of Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia”.
Russian defence: Ukrainian air strikes on the Nova Poshta and Zaporizhstal terminals
Russian forces have claimed to have struck a large logistics centre in Kyiv overnight, where, according to the Moscow Ministry of Defence, up to 15,000 attack drones were stored, including aircraft fitted with thermal imaging cameras, as well as ground control stations and related components.
