On Wednesday morning, Russia launched a series of missile attacks against the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the Ukrainian Air Force reports. It was also reported that several rockets were headed for the capital and the city’s air defense systems were therefore put into operation. Pictures from the capital show that several buildings were on fire. The mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, confirmed this, and said, according to Reuters, that there have been a number of explosions in the city this morning. He also reports on Telegram that several people in the capital were without power as a result of an attack destroying two high-voltage cables. ZALUZHNYI: The Ukrainian army commander reports that a total of 44 rockets and missiles should have been shot down after today’s attack. Photo: Viacheslav Ratynskyi / Reuters In addition to the capital, the counties of Lviv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv were also attacked. In total, five people have been killed and more than 50 injured so far. Air defense systems in full operation According to the Ukrainian army chief, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, they should have shot down 29 missiles and 15 drones in today’s massive attack from Russia. The army chief says on Telegram that Russian forces will have launched a total of 64 missiles and drones, of which a total of 44 will have been shot down. news correspondent Kari Skeie had to spend the morning in a bomb shelter in Kyiv. – The flight alarm went off at 6 this morning, after dramatic reports came that several rockets were heading for the capital, she says. Katja and daughter Sasha (9) spent the morning in the bomb room Photo: Kari Skeie / news Katja and her nine-year-old daughter Sasha sat in the bomb room with Skeie. Sasha tells news that she was afraid of the sounds from the explosions that have ravaged the city. Skeie says that the flight alarm was sounded at around 8 o’clock Norwegian time and that people have left the bomb bays. – That is what is very good and very strange about living in Kyiv is that right after the air raid warning is sounded, people go out of the bomb shelters to a new everyday life that they try to make as normal as possible. Critical situation for the town of Avdijivka The situation in parts of eastern Ukraine has worsened recently. This applies, among other things, to the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdijivka, where the situation is critical due to constant Russian shelling and offensives, says a local official. – For several weeks we have said that the situation was very difficult, but under control. Now the situation is very difficult, and in some places critical, says Vitalij Barabasj, who heads the city’s military commission. A photo shows residential buildings damaged by Russian military attacks in the front-line town of Avdiivka, Ukraine on November 8, 2023. Photo: Reuters deployed large forces and has broken through the Ukrainian positions in some places. Barabash says there are no street fights in the city, but that Russian sabotage groups and reconnaissance units are entering the city to try to show themselves in the streets. The city, located 5 kilometers from Donetsk city, has been subjected to more than four months of sustained Russian artillery fire, and officials say not a single building in the city is intact. Russian forces have almost surrounded the city and are in control in the north, east and south. Capturing the city would be a rare victory for Russia, almost two years after the invasion was launched. The frontline town of Avdijivka is located 5 kilometers from Donetsk city, and has been subjected to more than four months of sustained Russian artillery attacks. Photo: Serhii Nuzhnenko / Reuters Biden: – The clock is ticking for Ukraine US President Joe Biden notes that the package of aid to Ukraine and increased border security has stalled in Congress. US President Joe Biden and the Democrats have recently tried to get through an aid package of 118 billion dollars with military support for Ukraine, security on the border with Mexico, and support for Israel. BIDEN: – The clock is ticking for Ukraine. Photo: Stephanie Scarbrough / AP On Monday this week, Donald Trump asked Republicans to say no to the package. – The clock is ticking for Ukraine, Biden said on Tuesday and also stated that it is Russia’s business to oppose support for Ukraine. – We cannot turn our backs until now. That is what Putin is betting on. To support this deal is to stand up to Putin. To reject it is to play into his hands, he said. Biden blames former President Donald Trump, who opposed a cross-party proposal for an agreement on Ukraine and border security in the Senate, and asks Congress to show they have backbone.
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