Powerful Russian attacks against Kyiv and Kharkiv last night – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

Russia launched a new drone attack against Kharkiv on the night of Sunday. The wave of attacks comes a day after the Russians promised revenge for the Ukrainians’ attack on the Russian border town of Belgorod on Saturday. There, 22 people were killed and 100 injured. According to the mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov, the night’s attack should have damaged several buildings in the center of the city. – Hit residential buildings The Russian drones are said to have hit several residential buildings that are on fire. – These are not military installations, but cafes, residential buildings and offices, writes Terekov on Telegram. We provide all necessary help to residents of these buildings, he writes. The information came an hour after the military administration in Kyiv announced that the air force in the capital region had been activated to put down a Russian drone attack. So far, at least 26 people have been reported injured in the night’s attack. On Sunday morning, the Ukrainian Air Force reports that they succeeded in shooting down 21 of 49 drones that attacked Kyiv and Kharkiv. Accuses Ukraine of terrorism Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi warned of consequences for Russia in his evening speech on Saturday. – For every Shahed drone, for every Russian missile, the terrorist state will be assigned an appropriate responsibility, both politically and very practically, he said. Just a few hours before the night’s wave of attacks, Russia called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council where they accused Ukraine of terrorist attacks after the bombing of Belgorod. – It was a terrorist attack carried out by the Kyiv regime against a civilian city, said Russia’s UN ambassador Vasilij Nebenzia at the emergency meeting of the Security Council late on Saturday evening Norwegian time. – It was a premeditated, indiscriminate attack against a civilian target, said Nebenzia, who claims that a sports centre, an ice rink and a university were hit. Russia claims that 17 of those killed in the attack were children.



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