Several Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers took off on the morning of February 10, in the context that Moscow is said to be preparing to launch a new offensive operation in Ukraine.
“The enemy has deployed Tu-95 strategic bombers that can carry cruise missiles. There is a huge threat of a missile attack. Don’t ignore the air raid sirens. Seek shelter. hide immediately after the sirens,” the announcement of the military government of the city of Kyiv said today 10/2.
The Southern Ukraine Operations Command announced that Russia deployed three missile-carrying warships, including a submarine, with a total of 20 missiles, in the Black Sea shortly after the storm in this region subsided. degrees this morning.
After the announcement of the Kyiv authorities, sirens sounded throughout the territory of Ukraine. Explosions were recorded in the cities of Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv as well as in several other regions.
Maksym Marchenko, head of the military junta in the Odesa region in southern Ukraine, confirmed that “enemy aircraft are flying in the sky” and “Kalibr-type missile boats are operating at sea”. “The enemy launched a missile,” the Ukrainian official said.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian forces launched dozens of missiles against the city of Zaporizhzhia in the south and the province of Kharkiv in the northeast.
“The enemy attacked Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia with 35 S-300 surface-to-air missiles that air defense systems could not destroy,” the Ukrainian Air Force said.
The Ukrainian Air Force added that Russian forces also fired S-300 surface-to-air missiles from the Belgorod region across the border and from the city of Tokmak in southern Ukraine.
The air force confirmed that Russia struck critical infrastructure overnight from the Black Sea with seven suspected Iranian-made Shahed drones and six cruise missiles.
Ukraine’s national electricity company announced that Russian attacks caused power outages across the western, eastern, and southern regions of Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense systems have been activated to protect the capital Kyiv against new Russian attacks.
Russia’s latest missile attack comes as Ukrainian and Western officials have speculated for weeks about the possibility that Russia is preparing to launch a new large-scale attack before February 24, which marks the one-year anniversary of Russia opening a military campaign in the neighboring country. Ukraine and the West say that Russia’s main goal is to completely control the Donbas region, including Lugansk and Donetsk regions.
The fiercest fighting is currently concentrated in the east, especially in the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk and the surrounding area. Ukrainian officials say intelligence sources indicate that Russia is assembling forces for a large-scale offensive operation that may have begun in Lugansk.
Foreign Policy magazine (USA) quoted an anonymous Kyiv military official as saying that Russia seems to have prepared 1,800 tanks, 3,950 armored vehicles, 2,700 artillery systems, and 810 rocket launcher systems. , 400 fighters and 300 helicopters for the upcoming large-scale offensive operation in Ukraine.
