As the second anniversary on February 24 of the Russian offensive in Ukraine approaches, Russians and Ukrainians are attacking each other daily using explosive drones and missiles, whether on the front or deeper.
Overnight, Ukraine issued an alert after spotting Russian bombers, while Russia reported that an oil depot had caught fire after a Ukrainian drone attack.
Le Figaro
takes stock of the situation this Thursday, February 15.
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Alert in Ukraine after Russian bombers take off
Ukraine issued an air alert for a few hours Thursday after a group of Russian bombers took off from a base in Russia.
The Ukrainian Air Force had announced the departure of several Tupolev Tu-95MS from the Olenya airfield located in the Murmansk region in northeastern Russia, indicating that missiles were
" head towards Kiev
.
She raised the alert after two hours, ensuring that
“the missile threat is over”
.
Explosions were officially reported in the regions of kyiv, Zaporizhia (south), Lviv (west) and Poltava (center).
Authorities in the capital reported that the alert lasted more than two hours but that anti-aircraft defenses
“destroyed all enemy missiles”
over Kiev
The Air Force had already reported, at the beginning of February and last month, the takeoff of these strategic bombers which date from the Soviet era.
At the end of December, Russia used these planes to carry out a wave of strikes on Ukrainian cities, including the capital kyiv, bombings which left 39 dead.
Drone attack in Russia: oil depot catches fire
An oil depot caught fire overnight from Wednesday to Thursday following a Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian region of Kursk, which borders Ukraine, Russian authorities said.
“Following a Ukrainian drone attack in the Kursk region, a fire occurred in an oil depot
,” regional governor Roman Starovoit said on his Telegram channel.
“According to preliminary data, there are no victims
,” he said, asking residents to
“keep calm
. ”
Ukraine has increased drone and missile attacks targeting energy and military facilities on Russian soil in recent months, a means of depriving Moscow of key resources to carry out its assault on its neighbor.