The attack was aimed, among other things, at Kyiv. Witnesses have told of at least three explosions in the Ukrainian capital, writes Reuters. At least one person was killed in an attack targeting the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, according to local authorities. There, the aircraft alarms started howling at 8pm on Monday evening. Several civilians may still be trapped in the ruins. Throughout the night, Ukraine’s air defense has warned several times about attacks with missiles and Iranian Shahed drones in several places in Ukraine. At 6 o’clock there are constantly new warnings on Telegram. Attacks on the second night in a row The attacks of the night occur after Ukraine was hit by one of the biggest rocket and missile attacks so far in the war on the night of Monday and Monday morning. Russia sent more than a hundred missiles and about a hundred Shahed drones against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The attacks were aimed at more than half of Ukraine’s regions. Seven people have been confirmed killed, the BBC writes. The attack has been confirmed by the Russian authorities and was largely aimed at energy infrastructure. It was expected in advance that Russia would carry out a major attack against Ukraine in connection with the country’s independence day on Saturday. The attack also comes three weeks after Ukraine invaded several Russian border regions. Interested in abroad? Listen to the foreign affairs editor’s podcast: Published 27.08.2024, at 06.06 Updated 27.08.2024, at 06.09
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