- Air raid sirens have sounded across Ukraine in the early hours of this morning, with Kyiv coming under an “unprecedented” series of air attacks.
- “A series of air attacks on Kyiv, unprecedented in their power, intensity and variety, continues. The ninth consecutive air attack on the capital since the beginning of May.”- officials said.
- “Most of the enemy’s missiles were shot down over the sea by the Air Defence Forces,” the Ukraine military said.
- Russia is effectively banning senior officials from resigning as many are “highly sceptical” about the war in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence has said.
Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine in the early hours of this morning, with Kyiv coming under an “unprecedented” series of air attacks. “Multiple explosions have occurred in the capital, in the Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi districts,” said the capital’s mayor. The city’s military administration added: “A series of air attacks on Kyiv, unprecedented in their power, intensity and variety, continues. The ninth consecutive air attack on the capital since the beginning of May.”
Rockets, cruise missiles and reconnaissance drones were all deployed by Russia, it said, adding that “all enemy targets” were destroyed. Across the country, a total of 30 sea, air and land-based cruise missiles were launched and 29 of them were neutralized, Ukraine’s commander in chief of the Armed Forces said on social media.
In Odessa, a port city in the south, one person was killed and two were wounded in the strikes, according to a spokesperson for the area’s military administration. “Most of the enemy’s missiles were shot down over the sea by the Air Defence Forces,” Sergey Bratchuk said.
Russia is effectively banning senior officials from resigning as many are “highly sceptical” about the war in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence has said. Regional leaders, security officials, and members of the presidential administration will be affected by the measures, with the state likely enforcing the rule with “strong hints” that resignees’ could face criminal charges. While “capability gaps” will be one reason for the ban, the ministry said authorities are likely trying to prevent “any impression of defeatism”.
(With inputs from agencies)
