Russia launches second day of strikes on Ukrainian cities

Air raid sirens sounded throughout Ukraine within the early hours of Tuesday as Russia launched missile strikes for the second day operating, though it was unclear what number of struck their targets.

Kyiv mentioned a number of the missiles had been intercepted by its air defences.

A authorities app that warns residents when Russian missiles have entered Ukrainian airspace confirmed all 24 of the nation’s provinces on crimson alert.

The town of Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine was struck by 12 rockets within the early hours, killing one particular person and damaging a number of residential buildings, companies and a pipeline, in response to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s workplace.

Oleksandr Vilkul, the pinnacle of the Kryvyi Rih army authorities, mentioned Russia fired 10 cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea and 10 from the Russian metropolis of Saratov. The Ukrainian Air Power mentioned 4 cruise missiles had been intercepted by Ukrainian air defences within the south.

Andriy Sadoviy, the mayor of Lviv, the most important metropolis in western Ukraine, mentioned the town has been focused for the second day with strikes that when once more knocked out energy provides. “There was a rocket assault on a crucial infrastructure facility in Lviv. A part of the town is once more with out electrical energy,” he mentioned in a Telegram channel publish.

“The enemy continues to assault Ukraine with high-precision weapons,” the air drive wrote on Fb.

An influence station within the Vinnytsia area was hit by kamikaze drones, the electrical energy firm DTEK reported, whereas there was additionally a drone assault on Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine.

Two missiles had been shot down by air defences within the Kyiv area, its governor Oleksiy Kuleba wrote on Telegram.

Footage posted on social media confirmed folks in Kyiv taking shelter in basements and within the capital’s cavernous metro system for a second day.

On Monday 19 folks had been killed and greater than 100 injured in essentially the most intensive bombardment of Ukrainian cities because the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Moscow’s forces fired greater than 80 missiles at 14 areas, with a number of hitting Kyiv throughout rush hour.

President Vladimir Putin mentioned the strikes had been retaliation for an assault on Saturday that broken a significant highway and railway bridge connecting Russian-occupied Crimea with the Russian mainland.

Monday’s assaults on civilian targets had been denounced by a number of western governments as conflict crimes.

Leaders of G7 nations will focus on their response with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a video name on Tuesday. Zelenskyy is predicted to press them for western air defence techniques to guard the skies over his war-torn nation.

Zaporizhzhia has suffered fixed bombardment in current weeks. On Tuesday it was hit with Russian S-300 surface-to-air missiles adjusted for use in opposition to floor targets, mentioned Ukraine’s state emergency service.

It mentioned rescuers had been looking for folks trapped beneath particles and that repairs had been being made to broken infrastructure. It shared pictures on Telegram of first responders placing out a large blaze that engulfed a business centre.

“Many of the rockets landed on the island of Khortytsia, the place buildings had been destroyed, home windows had been damaged, and rooftops had been broken . . . Additionally, a automobile dealership was broken straight within the metropolis,” Tymoshenko mentioned.

Extra reporting by Roman Olearchyk in Kyiv