Explosions were heard this morning throughout Kiev
, while dense columns of smoke are visible above the affected power plant: a reporter from the Ukrinform news agency reports, according to whom one of the city's neighborhoods has no electricity.
A power plant in Kiev was hit by three Russian attacks.
This was announced by the Ukrainian presidency office.
Ukraine accuses Russia of "kidnapping" two employees of a nuclear power plant.
A wave
of 28 Iranian Shaded 136 kamikaze drones
was launched this morning by the Russian army against the capital of Ukraine.
The mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko wrote it on Telegram, as reported by the Guardian.
"Thanks to our armed forces and air defense, most of the drones were shot down. A total of five explosions were heard in Kiev. A drone exploded over an apartment building in Shevchenkiv district. Rescuers are continuing to shut down the vehicle. fire and to dismantle debris.
Anton Gerashchenko, a senior Ukrainian presidential adviser, said a
"young family" was killed in the drone strike on a residential building in Kiev
.
"Bohdan and Victoria, 34, were found dead. It is said they were expecting their first child in a few months," the Ukrainian official tweeted, according to reports from the Ukrainian Guardian. Shahed 136 drones are being used
. continues and residents have been asked to stay in shelters.
The alert applies throughout Ukraine
.
THE USA: SANCTIONS FOR DRONES FROM IRAN, THE EU: THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER
The US threatens to sanction all people linked to the use of Iranian drones in the war in Ukraine, after the latest raids on Kiev.
"Anyone who is in business with Iran and has any connection with UAVs (unmanned drones, ed) or with ballistic missile developments or the flow of weapons from Iran to Russia must be very careful," Vedant Patel warned. , spokesman for the US State Department.
"The US will not hesitate to use sanctions or take action against those responsible," he added.
The US agrees with the British and French assessments that the supply of Iranian drones to Russia violates UN Security Council Resolution 2231 relating to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Jcpa) on Iranian nuclear power: the department's deputy spokesman said it of US state Vedant Patel.
"The EU has decided to sanction individuals and entities for their role in the death of Mahsa Amini and in the violence inflicted on the Iranian people. We stand by the courageous Iranian women. In addition, Iran's support for Russia's war against Russia. Ukraine will receive a clear response from the EU ".
The president of the European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen
wrote on Twitter .
Meanwhile, the toll of the disaster in Yeysk, in southern Russia, has risen to at least two dead and 15 injured in hospital, where a Su-34 military jet crashed into a residential building.
This was reported by the Ministry for Emergencies quoted by the Interfax agency.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the plane crashed during a training flight.
Among the images published by Ukrainian and international sites is also that of a police officer who shoots
a rifle to shoot down a drone
.
On social networks in the country, instructions are provided on how to bring down the deadly Shahed-136 using small arms.
Police officer shooting a rifle to shoot down a drone
"It appears that Israel will supply arms to the Kiev regime. A very rash move. It will destroy all relations between our countries."
Thus the vice president of the Russian Security Council Dmitri Medvedev reacts to Israel's announcement to support Ukraine in the war.
Minsk, deployment of joint troops with the Russians
has begun - The group of regional forces has begun its deployment to defend the Russia-Belarus State of the Union.
This was reported by Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin, as reported by Tass.
"The regional group of Belarusian and Russian troops and forces has begun its deployment and the fulfillment of its tasks for the armed defense of the State of the Union," the chief of defense told the BelTA agency.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has once again cut off its
external energy supply due to Russian bombing, the Ukrainian operator that manages the power plant reported on Telegram Energoatom, as reported by international media.
"The Russian terrorists fired once again at power stations in the territory under the control of Ukraine, the last power line was disconnected. In the transition process, due to a short-term power failure, it was the backup transformer was turned off and the diesel generators started, "said Energoatom.
Explosions also in the Black Sea port city of Odessa
in the south of the country.
And an air alarm sounded in the night and in the morning also in Mykolaiv (South), Poltava and Cherkassy in central Ukraine.
This was reported by the Russian state news agency Ria Novosti.
Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi has meanwhile reported that
Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in Romenskyi district
after 5am.
Zhyvytskyi said there are casualties, but he did not provide details, Ukrainian media reported.
And quoted by the international media, Sergiy Gaidai, Ukrainian governor in exile, said that "
the Russians are wiping off the face of the earth
with tanks, artillery and anti-aircraft fire the settlements released by Ukrainian units in Lugansk. The occupiers are placing cubes of concrete and digging trenches throughout the Lugansk region, preparing for a long defense ".
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Photos of the drone attack on Kiev - Close-up
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