An airstrike alert has been declared in Ukraine’s Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as the Zaporozhye region and DPR regions controlled by the Kyiv authorities, based on data from the online air alert map. the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation.
January 1 State Border Service of Ukraine reportedIn 2022, the air raid alert sounded 14,870 times in the country. According to the ministry, the alarm was most frequently reported in the east of the country. Central Ukraine is in second place and Western Ukraine is in third place. Since the beginning of the special military operation, 638 alarms have been issued in Kiev.
Since October 10, the Russian Armed Forces have been attacking military and energy facilities in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that this was specifically a response to the explosion on the Crimean bridge.
Currently, a special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is underway in Ukraine. On February 24, Putin announced the launch. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.