Russia launches its biggest missile attack against Ukraine after Zelensky’s visit to Brussels

New massive missile attack of Russia against Ukraine, the largest since the invasion began nearly a year ago, according to the Ukrainian military. His Air Force spokesman, Yurii Ihnat, has reported that the Russian troops “fired a record number of missiles of the ‘S-300’ type against Ukraine last night, including up to 35 in the Zaporizhia and Kharkiv regions.”

This Friday morning the bells have sounded anti-aircraft alarms throughout the country and the capital, Kyiv, has seen several explosions. ‘The Kyiv Independent‘ has reported on Twitter that “we heard several explosions in the capital of Ukraine” as part of the “last massive missile attack of Russia against Ukraine”. Said means, which quotes the head of the Military Administration of the city, points out that “air defense is currently active in the area”.

In turn, the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has indicated that “the remains of a rocket have caused damage to a car and the roof of a private residence in the Holosiivksi district.” “The missile attack continues. Stay in the shelters,” she stressed.

The Ukrainian authorities have also denounced Russian attacks against critical infrastructure in Kharkiv. The mayor of the city, Igor Terejov, has indicated that the attacks were carried out around 04:00 hours and that “the enemy is attacking critical infrastructure facilities.” “There could be electricity, water and heating cuts,” he warned on Telegram.

For his part, the governor of the region, Oleg Sinegubov, has confirmed power outages “in some areas”. “Emergency services are working at the sites of the explosions. Also the Ukrainian electricity company Ukrenergo has confirmed power outages in various parts of the country due to “terrorist missile attacks against the energy system.” “The Russians they have attacked energy infrastructure with drones and missiles“, the company has pointed out.

Ukraine denounces missiles crossing NATO territory

In turn, the spokesperson for the Southern Command of the Ukrainian Army, Natalia Humenyuk, warned that Russia was preparing “a hit with missiles”warning that Moscow has placed three warships in a combat posture in the Black Sea.

Subsequently, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, has denounced that Russian missiles have crossed and therefore violated, the airspaces of Moldova and Romaniaa member country of the NATOin an attack against Ukrainian territory.

“At 10:18 local time, two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles crossed the Ukrainian state border with the Republic of Moldova,” Zaluzhny wrote on his Telegram channel. “At approximately 10:33 a.m. local time these missiles crossed Romanian airspace. After that, they again entered Ukrainian airspace at the crossing point of the borders of the three states. The missiles were launched from the Black Sea,” he said. explained.

The Ministry of Defense of Romania has indicated that “the information about a Russian missile that would have flown over the airspace of Romania are not confirmed“, although Moldova has confirmed that a Russian missile has passed through its airspace before reaching its target in Ukraine.

Attacks after Zelensky’s European tour

This new wave of Russian attacks comes just one day after the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, will participate in a summit in Brussels with the leaders of the European Union, after visiting London and Paris the day before. A series of attacks that take place, in addition, two weeks after the first anniversary of the invasion Russian by order. A date that makes one fear the possibility of a great offensive by Vladimir Putin: