Air alert in Ukraine: Heavy explosions also in Kyiv
Created: 12/29/2022, 11:40 am
By: Caspar Felix Hoffman
The Ukrainian Air Force reports Russian missile attacks on several cities.
More than 120 Russian rockets are fired.
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Kyiv/Frankfurt – Russia launched more than 120 missiles across the country in Ukraine on Thursday (December 29), according to the government in Kyiv.
They were shot down by the "evil Russian world" in order to destroy important infrastructure and kill masses of civilians, wrote the adviser in the presidential office, Mykhailo Podoliak, on Twitter.
There had previously been heavy explosions in the capital Kyiv and other cities.
Air alerts went off across the country.
A destroyed house in Bachmut.
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These were the heaviest missile attacks since December 16, when Russia launched massive aerial bombardments and warships in the Black Sea.
It was the tenth such wave since October.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had been warning of the threat of new attacks for days.
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Advisor to the Ukrainian presidential office, Oleksiy Arestovych, urged people to urgently seek protection.
And he warned against posting images of the explosions and impacts on social media, as this would allow conclusions to be drawn about the work of the Ukrainian air defense and could reveal their position.
"When you do that, you correct the enemy's fire."
In recent weeks, the Russian military has repeatedly attacked Ukraine's energy supply network with cruise missiles, rockets and so-called kamikaze drones.
Despite the high numbers of Ukrainian air defenses shot down, the attacks caused major damage, resulting in massive power and water supply failures.
Russia wants to put the Ukrainian population under pressure in winter.
(cas/dpa)
