Ukraine reports new rocket attacks - air alert in many places
Created: 12/16/2022, 8:56 am
A man examines a home that was damaged by shelling.
Ukraine reports new rocket attacks again.
© Alexei Alexandrov/AP/dpa
There have been air alerts again in many regions of Ukraine - including in the capital Kyiv.
According to reports, Russia is once again targeting energy infrastructure.
Kyiv - On Friday, Russia again hit numerous regions in Ukraine with massive rocket attacks.
There was an air alert in large parts of the country, as the warning maps showed in the morning.
There were also reports of explosions in the capital Kyiv after the deployment of anti-aircraft defenses.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed the attacks in the Telegram news service and called on people to seek protection.
Numerous regions reported rocket fire, including Zaporizhia, Mykolayiv, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Dniprotepetrovsk and Kharkiv.
Accordingly, Russia again specifically targeted the energy infrastructure.
It was initially unclear whether there were victims and how extensive the damage was.
The Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine also reported rocket fire.
In the town of Lantratowka in the Luhansk region, 8 people are said to have been killed and 20 people injured by fire from the Ukrainian side.
This was reported by the Russian state news agency Tass, according to local rescue services.
The information could not be verified independently.
dpa
