Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city
Vinnytsia.
The death toll is over
20
, and there are
three children among them.
"Currently, 21 people, including three children, have died as a result of a missile attack on the city, 90 people have sought help from medical institutions, 51 have been hospitalized," said the head of the local regional military administration. Serhiy Borzov, taken up by the Ukrinform agency.
Borzov.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian president's office, said according to Ukrinform that Vinnytsia was hit with Kalibr cruise missiles launched from a Russian submarine in the Black Sea.
Powerful explosions since five o'clock this morning in the southern Ukrainian city of
Mykolaiv
, where airborne alarms went off all night, the country's media reported.
Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich wrote a message on social media: "In Mykolaiv there are powerful explosions. The air alert continues. I ask everyone to stay in the shelters and not to post photos and videos from the places where they are".
Also this morning, the Russian army fired missiles on the industrial zone of
Kramatorsk
in eastern Ukraine.
Unian reports it.
"An alarming morning. Missiles hit the industrial area of Kramatorsk. There is no electricity in some parts of the city. The danger has not passed, stay under cover," Mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko wrote on social media.
"
The Russian army has launched 12 air and missile strikes on populated areas
on the border between the Lugansk region and the Donetsk region. Massive artillery and mortar attacks continue and skeet shooting systems are used. Through small settlements, the Russians are trying to break through in Siversk and open the way to
Bakhmut
, which is why they are destroying everything in front of them. Now they are on the offensive in the direction of Verkhnokamyansky, hostilities continue ".
The Ukrainian governor of Lugansk, Serhgiy Gaidai, wrote it on Telegram, reported by the Guardian.
During the night there was also an attempt by the Russian army to attack the strategic I
sole of the Serpents
in the Black Sea, but the bombs fell into the sea.
This was reported by an update of the Southern operational command of Ukraine, quoted by the Guardian.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Anton Herashchenko added: "A couple of Su-27 fighters tried to bomb Snake Island, the bombs fell into the sea near the island."
According to the British Defense Ministry intelligence report,
Russian forces have not achieved "significant territorial advancements" in the past 72 hours in the Donbass.
.
In the eastern region of Ukraine, the Federation army continues to conduct artillery attacks on a broad front followed, in some areas, by test attacks of small military units.
However, they have not made significant territorial progress in the past 72 hours and risk losing the momentum built up after the capture of Lysychansk.
The outdated vehicles, weapons and Soviet-era tactics used by Russian forces do not lend themselves to quickly regaining or building momentum unless they are used in overwhelming mass, which Russia is currently unable to endure.
According to British intelligence, "despite yesterday's talks between delegations from Ukraine, Russia,
