Ukraine faces new wave of attacks, Russia says airbases struck

The Ukrainian air power mentioned Sunday it shot down 30 out of the 40 cruise missiles and all Shahed drones launched by Russia.

“In complete, the enemy used 70 air assault weapons in a number of waves” within the evening between Saturday and Sunday. 

It added that Russia launched three Kinzhal hypersonic missiles however didn’t say if that they had been destroyed.

The Ukrainian armed power didn’t specify which internet sites have been hit by the missiles that acquired by means of air defences. 

The Russian military nevertheless mentioned it struck “Ukrainian armed forces airbases across the settlements of Starokostiantyniv within the Khmelnytskyi area and Dubno within the Rivne area.”

Dwelling to a significant airbase, the western Khmelnytskyi area situated a whole lot of kilometres from the entrance traces of the preventing has been repeatedly focused through the warfare. 

“Since yesterday night, the Khmelnytskyi area has been attacked 3 times… most missiles have been shot down” mentioned native official Sergiy Tyurin.

A number of buildings and the bus station have been broken, he mentioned on Telegram.

He additionally posted footage of a crumbling constructing engulfed in flames, saying a corn waste warehouse had caught hearth. 

In the meantime within the Rivne area that Russia mentioned it hit, “only some non-public households have been broken” in line with regional head Vitaliy Koval.

– ‘All targets hit’ –

On Saturday Ukraine mentioned Russian forces struck a blood transfusion centre within the Kharkiv area of northeast Ukraine.

“This warfare crime alone says the whole lot about Russian aggression,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned.

The reported strike got here shortly after Zelensky mentioned Russian missiles had hit a facility of the Ukrainian aeronautics group Motor Sich, considered one of a number of corporations requisitioned by the federal government since Moscow’s invasion.

On Sunday morning the Russian military mentioned “all targets have been hit” within the in a single day strikes.

It mentioned that individually Russian air defence forces shot down a drone approaching Moscow.

The Russian capital was nearly by no means focused for the reason that starting of the offensive in Ukraine, till a sequence of assaults in latest months.

The drone was downed with none casualties or harm, and restrictions on flights at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport have been rapidly lifted.

There have been an elevated variety of drone assaults not solely on areas bordering Ukraine, but additionally on Moscow.

A Ukrainian drone hit a Russian oil tanker south of the Kerch Strait within the evening between Friday and Saturday.

On Sunday morning restore work was being carried out on the vessel that was nonetheless afloat, in line with Russia’s Federal Company for Sea and Inland Water Transport.

– ‘Completely different views’ –

Assaults have multiplied on either side of the Black Sea since Russia exited a deal defending grain exports there, brokered by the UN and Turkey.

Russia has hit port infrastructure on the Black Sea and the Danube, whereas Ukraine has focused Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

Whereas fight continues, the probability of securing peace appears to be like extraordinarily skinny.

Saudi Arabia however hosted talks on the Ukraine warfare Saturday within the newest flexing of its diplomatic muscular tissues.

Organisers succeeded in bringing collectively representatives of the 4 members of the influential BRICS bloc apart from Russia: Brazil, India, China and South Africa.

“We had a particularly trustworthy, open dialog,” a press release on the Ukrainian presidency web site mentioned Sunday. 

It mentioned the session was “very productive” regardless of “completely different views”.

The Ukrainian delegation headed by Andriy Yermak is because of maintain extra bilateral conferences Sunday.

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Initially revealed as Ukraine faces new wave of assaults, Russia says airbases struck