After massive attacks in Ukraine: Kyiv celebrates defense against Russian missiles
Created: 2022-12-06Updated: 2022-12-06 06:28
By: Helena Gries, Sandra Kathe, Caspar Felix Hoffmann, Sebastian Richter, Nadja Austel, Stefan Krieger, Andreas Apetz
Russia launches a full-scale airstrike on Ukraine.
Kyiv is satisfied with the air defense despite the casualties.
The current situation in the news ticker.
Air alert:
Massive rocket attacks from Russia hit Ukrainian infrastructure.
Attack:
Russian troops are apparently using banned chemical weapons against Ukraine.
Editor's note:
Read the latest developments in the Ukraine conflict in our news ticker.
The information on the Ukraine war processed here comes partly from the warring parties in Russia and Ukraine.
They can therefore not be independently checked in part.
Update from Tuesday, December 6, 6:25 a.m .:
The latest wave of Russian attacks has again killed several people in Ukraine and in some places caused the power and water supply to collapse.
In the major attack on targets in Ukraine on Monday (November 5), the Russian military used almost 70 cruise missiles, according to the Ukrainian air defense.
According to their own statements, the Ukrainian air defense system shot down around 60 of around 70 cruise missiles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj celebrated the successes of the air defense: "Every Russian missile launched is concrete proof that terrorism can be defeated," he said in his daily video address.
Ukrainian soldiers and law enforcement officers investigate the site of a rocket attack.
According to the Ukrainian air defense, the Russian military used almost 70 cruise missiles in a new major attack on targets in Ukraine.
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News in the Ukraine war: Putin visits the Crimean bridge
+++ 9:51 p.m .:
According to a report by the
Moscow Times
, President Vladimir Putin visited the bridge that connects Crimea to mainland Russia on Monday afternoon.
Just a few weeks earlier, it had been hit by an explosion for which Moscow blamed Ukraine.
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According to the
Moscow Times
, the 70-year-old Russian leader's visit came as close as possible to the front lines in the Ukraine war since his troops sent his troops to the pro-Western country.
According to state media agency RIA Novosti
, Putin drove
a Mercedes across the bridge after it was reopened to traffic.
According to the report, the Kremlin boss attended the repair work on the bridge and spoke to construction workers.
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News in the Ukraine war: Odessa apparently largely without electricity
+++ 8.49 p.m .:
In the Ukrainian Odessa Oblast, two people were injured as a result of the Russian rocket attacks.
This was announced by the head of the regional military administration Maksym Marchenko via Telegram.
According to him, the region's energy infrastructure was also damaged by the massive attacks.
Residential buildings and civil infrastructure objects were also hit, as reported
by Ukrinform
.
At the moment there is no power supply in Odessa and most of the municipalities in the region, it said.
The responsible services are already in action to restore the power supply.
Massive attacks: Russia wants to 'plunge Ukraine in darkness and cold'
+++ 18:47:
Due to another major attack by the Russian armed forces on critical infrastructure facilities in the oblasts of Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk, emergency power cuts were made.
This is reported by DTEK, the largest private investor in the Ukrainian energy industry, via Telegram: "We ask you to be patient and remain calm." Stabilization of the power grid will be tackled as soon as the situation allows.
After the attack on an energy infrastructure facility in the Kyiv region (see update 6:20 p.m.), Oleksii Kuleba said: “Emergency power supply shutdowns were carried out in the oblast.
Around 40 percent of the population is currently without electricity.”
News in the Ukraine war: Massive attacks – Russia wants to “plunge Ukraine into darkness and cold”
+++ 6.20 p.m .:
The Russian armed forces aimed their major attack on energy plants in the Ukrainian oblasts of Kiev, Vinnytsia and Odessa, as Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal reports on Telegram: “The terrorist country Russia has once again tried to implement its criminal plan, the Plunging Ukraine into darkness and cold.”
However, thanks to the "heroic armed forces of Ukraine" and their air defense units, the enemy was not able to implement this plan.
Schmyhal asserts that the country's energy system is intact.
Nevertheless, emergency shutdowns had occurred in some regions due to rocket attacks.
Specialists are already working to eliminate the consequences of the attack.
According to Oleksii Kuleba, head of the military administration of the Kyiv Oblast, a power plant in the Kyiv region was affected by the damage: “We have successful examples of a functioning air defense system.
Unfortunately, there is also an attack on an infrastructure facility.
This is currently being analyzed,” he said, according to Interfax-Ukraine.
Kuleba added that more detailed information about the incident will be announced in the next two hours, but there are no critical consequences yet.
News about the Ukraine war: Attacks from Russia - power cuts and interrupted water supply
+++ 4.46 p.m .:
In the heavy attacks, a large part of the rockets were shot down by the Ukrainian air defenses, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyj announced on Monday.
More than 30 rockets were brought down from the sky before they could hit the ground.
For almost three hours there was an air alert throughout Ukraine, and in large parts of the country there is only intermittent electricity.
The repair of the damage has already started, reports Selenskyj in a video.
"Our people never give up," affirmed the President at the same time.
It is the eighth major Russian attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since October.
News about the Ukraine war: heavy Russian shelling of the infrastructure
+++ 16:35:
The rocket attacks from Russia have caused great destruction in Ukraine.
"Ukraine suffers the third massive rocket attack by a terrorist state," state-owned electricity utility Ukrenergo said.
"Unfortunately, there is already damage to the energy infrastructure." In the cities of Mykolaiv, Odessa, Kryvyi Rih and Sumy, there were power failures and emergency shutdowns.
Reporters from the
afp
agency in Kiev also report disruptions in the Ukrainian capital.
Regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba, among others, has urged people to stay in shelters.
Almost half of Ukraine's power grid has been damaged by the massive shelling in recent weeks.
"All pumping stations and reserve lines have lost their power supply," so there is no water supply, said the local operator Infoksvodokanal in Odessa, for example.
There were emergency shutdowns in the city of Mykolayiv, near Kherson, according to Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevich.
News on the Ukraine war: missile attacks are intended to overwhelm air defenses
+++ 15:32:
The governor of the Ukrainian Mykolaiv Oblast, Vitaliy Kim, reports another wave of rockets.
He also warns of a third wave on the same day, as reported by the
Kyiv Independent
.
The rocket attacks could be aimed at overpowering Ukraine's air defenses and preparing for further bombing of critical infrastructure, Yuri Ihnat, spokesman for Ukraine's air force, said on live television.
The large-scale Russian attack also led to power outages in neighboring Moldova.
According to the
Kyiv Independent
, this is reported by the state-owned energy company Moldelectrica.
Moldova's infrastructure had already been affected by attacks from Russia in November.
News about the Ukraine war: Two people killed by rockets
+++ 2:53 p.m .:
Two people were killed and two others injured in the rocket attacks by Russia on the Ukrainian infrastructure in a village.
This was reported by Oleksandr Starukh, the governor of the southern Zaporizhia region, on Telegram.
The Ukrainian air defense was able to destroy some projectiles before they could cause any damage.
+++ 14:33:
Russia has launched a series of new missile attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure.
There were violent explosions across the country.
In the afternoon, the air alert went off throughout Ukraine.
On Monday, the water supply collapsed in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa due to power outages, according to local reports.
In the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih in the southeast of the country, blackouts and the associated failures of the district heating and water supply also occurred, according to official bodies.
Explosions were also reported from the center and west of the country, partly triggered by Ukrainian air defenses.
News about the Ukraine war: Bloody animal eyes sent
+++ 1:36 p.m .:
In twelve countries, the diplomatic missions of Ukraine were the target of suspicious mail.
This was announced by Oleh Nikolenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
There have been a total of 21 such incidents in the past few weeks.
In Spain, the police have already confiscated three suspicious envelopes at the post office.
Packages with bloody animal eyes had been received by several Ukrainian diplomatic missions.
A letter bomb exploded in Madrid last week, injuring an employee.
Update from Monday, December 5, 5:10 a.m .:
Several Russian rockets hit the city of Zaporizhia on Monday night.
The target of the attacks were industrial buildings and energy infrastructure objects, reported the state agency Unian.
No information was given about possible victims or the extent of the damage.
News on the Ukraine war: Biden has no plans for talks with Putin
First report from Friday, December 2nd:
Kiev – Since the start of the Russian war against Ukraine in February, 7.5 billion Swiss francs (about 7.6 billion euros) in Russian assets have been frozen in Switzerland.
In addition, 15 properties were blocked, the government announced on Thursday (December 1) in Bern.
According to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, a total of 116 companies and more than 1,200 individuals are affected.
As part of the sanctions, Swiss banks are prohibited from accepting large sums of money from Russian nationals and from persons or companies based in Russia.
Ukraine-News: Ukraine is looking for transformers for the power grid
Ukraine is urgently looking for transformers - new or used - to repair its power grid damaged by Russian attacks.
The country is also hoping for help from companies and communities in Germany, said former member of parliament Viktoria Wojzizka of the German Press Agency.
Wojzizka works in Warsaw for a center that supports the government in Kyiv in organizing foreign aid.
(Talk to agencies)
