Odessa and Dnipro
Explosions were reported on the Dnieper around 9:30 Moscow time. Later, city officials announced that there was a missile attack on one of the city’s industrial establishments. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal later announced that industrial production, as well as Ukrainian gas production enterprises across the country, had been attacked. In particular, the Southern Machine-Building Plant (Yuzhmash), which produces rockets and space technology in the Dnieper, was attacked.
“As the rockets fly over Kyiv. Now our gas production is being attacked, our enterprises in the Dnieper, Yuzhmash are being attacked,” he said.
Valentin Reznichenko, head of the Dnipro regional military administration, reported the fire in Yuzhmash, along with five people, after the attack. Later, the number of injured increased to 14. Power outages began in some parts of the city. At noon Moscow time, the air raid alert was canceled.
In Odessa, a powerful explosion was reported even before the announcement of the air raid warning. Ukrainian media wrote that the explosion shattered glass and doors, and the head of the Odessa regional administration, Maxim Marchenko, said that at least two infrastructure facilities were attacked by missiles and air defense systems were operating in the region. . He asked all residents to hide in shelters if possible. The district administration reported three victims.
On local public pages on social networks, residents write “It was the second day without electricity” and post photos of how they cook on the fire.
Ukrainian energy company DTEK announced the start of emergency power cuts across the country. “At the behest of NPC Ukrenergo, we are compelled to implement emergency shutdowns. “This is a necessary step to prevent large-scale accidents in power equipment,” said the company’s Telegram channel.
Kyiv and Lviv
The head of the Kyiv regional administration, Oleksiy Kuleba, briefed on the work of the air defense, and also asked the residents not to leave the bunker. Explosions were heard in the city after the air raid was reported. At the same time, there is no official confirmation that any target has been defeated in the Ukrainian capital and region.
Later, images of cruise missiles flying over Kyiv appeared on the network – they were seen over the Shevchenkovsky district of the city. City officials said two rockets were shot down and no casualties or damage were reported.
In addition, Ukraine Telegram channels reported that two Shahed attack drones were shot down near the capital.
In Lviv, the public reported that air defense was working in the area, but there was no official confirmation of this. Later, Ukrainian media reported that multiple explosions occurred in the Lviv region, but no details were given.
War correspondent Andrey Rudenko commented on the attacks on the Lviv region on his Telegram channel as follows:
“For a secular person: When there is so little information about the strike, it definitely means they hit the right spot and it’s most likely a military facility.”
In addition, the district has changed the schedule of hourly power outages – it now takes place around the clock, not from 7:00 to 10:00, as before. Each consumer group will be shut down for four hours, twice a day, as before.
other regions
According to Ukrainian and Russian media, rocket attacks and projectile flights were also observed in Poltava, Vinnitsa, Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions. Details of the destruction in these areas are not yet available.
The governor of the Nikolaev region, Vitaly Kim, reported attacks by the Russian fleet in the Black Sea region in the morning – four missiles were seen in the air, he said. The head of the Khmelnitsky administration, Serhiy Gamaly, urged the public to “stay away” from energy and infrastructure facilities.
Kharkiv region governor Oleg Sinegubov reported damage to a critical infrastructure facility after the attacks in the Izyumsky district, but did not specify what exactly it was about. According to Sinegubov, three workers were injured in the attack and hospitalized.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Air Force Command Spokesperson Yury Ignat made two statements against the bombardment that started in the morning. First, he said that 10 out of 10 Russian missiles were shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces. After that, Ignat complained about the critical shortage of Western air defense equipment.
Source: Gazeta
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