Numerous huge explosions were still being reported in Ukraine’s largest cities a day after the massive Russian attack.
This morning, October 11, the Kiev region experienced numerous big explosions, the air defence system was activated, and the sirens continued to howl, according to Ukrainian media.
According to Ukrainian media, the Kiev region experienced numerous big explosions this morning, October 11, activating the air defence system. Oleksiy Kuleba, the governor of Kiev, posted on Telegram that “another rocket has been shot down.”
Other areas of Ukraine, including Chernihiv, Odessa, Vinnitsa, Khmelnitsky, Sumy, and Dnipro, also reported explosions, and sirens continued to sound in these locations.
Although the exact nature of the explosions is uncertain, local media reports that rockets were fired at the Lviv neighbourhood of Zhitomir. According to a knowledgeable source cited by Sputnik, more than ten missiles fired from the Caspian Sea into Ukraine.
The explosions occurred as Ukraine was on high alert following a large-scale Russian raid on October 10 on a number of cities, including those far from the front lines.
Ukraine’s military said Russia launched at least 84 missiles, using 24 drones for the attack. According to Ukraine’s emergency services, the raid killed 19 people, injured 105, damaged many important infrastructure, and lost power to more than 300 residential areas in four provinces. Ukraine has to mobilize more than 1,000 people and 120 units to participate in fire fighting and rescue.
Kiev believes that the raid has been planned since the beginning of October and is aimed at causing as much damage as possible to Ukraine, especially in terms of energy infrastructure, so that Ukraine cannot survive the winter.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed: “Russian armed forces launched a large-scale attack with high-precision long-range weapons against Ukrainian military, communications and energy targets. attack was achieved. All designated targets were hit”.
Moscow emphasized that this was a response to the bombing of the Crimean bridge that Russia accused was related to Ukrainian special forces.
Viktor Bondarev, head of the Russian Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the missile strike on a series of cities in Ukraine marked the start of “a new phase” in the special military operation in Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia will take more resolute actions in the near future.
Ukraine’s allies and partners in the West have unanimously criticized the attack and pledged to continue to provide security assistance to Kiev.
