Russia launches ‘massive missile attack’ on Ukraine | DW News

Russia launches ‘massive missile attack’ on Ukraine | DW News

An air raid alert across all of Ukraine has just been lifted about an hour after reports that Russia had launched a large scale missile attack residents in Kev sought shelter after Ukraine’s Air Force said the country was under threat from several waves of cruise missiles and from ballistic missiles in some regions

Local officials have said information about the extent of the damage would be disclosed after the attack was over let’s speak now to our correspondent Sonia fonar she’s just spent morning in an air raage shelter in Kev Sonia I hope you’re well um what can you tell us uh uh what is the latest

Where you are well CLA we were woken uh at about 6:00 a.m. this morning to air raid alerts um all across Ukraine with authorities really you know urging residents to take These Warnings seriously and head into shelters um now the Ukrainian Air Force you know kind of

Warned of um over a dozen bomber aircraft taking off from Russian territory they wand of a wave of cruise missiles uh and there were reports of explosions in several areas in zapara in nepro and karv and the reports are now coming in as authorities you know assess

The damage we’re hearing in the kke region the mayor there saying uh rocket hit a private house there are people under the rubble uh a rescue operation going on there in zapara we’re hearing from authorities saying that people there are also wounded Rockets hit residential areas but from everything

That we’ve uh seen so far it seems that you know uh most cities including ke seem to be spared the kind of massive damage that we saw uh earlier this year when Russia really launched uh a huge aerial bombardment of Ukraine in multiple Ukrainian cities in in late

December and and early this year Sonia thank you so much for bringing us up to speed there um as we’re seeing Russia stepping up its assaults continued military aid for Ukraine is also looking increasingly uncertain is that already affecting Ukraine’s ability to protect itself from Russian attacks well you know Ukrainian

Authorities have really been warning for months that Russia has been uh stockpiling High Precision missiles to use in the winter to Target the energy infrastructure to plunge its cities you know into the cold and the dark um today you know I have to say there are the

Temperatures in keave here are are are below freezing -4° C here in the large in The Wider region here and Ukraine of course you know relies heavily on its Western partners for Advanced Air Defense systems including uh especially the the um Patriot uh system design in

The US which uh Ukraine uses to protect its cities and critical infrastructure from Hypersonic missiles and of course the fear here now is that if if if Moscow continues the space and intensity of aerial assaults we could see a scenario where you know Ukraine could be left without air protection so there is

A real sense of urgency here with uh the foreign minister demitro koua really urging Western Partners uh to provide more uh air defense systems missiles and ammunition and really saying that there is no plan B if this does not happen Sonia thank you so much for your

Reporting and take care that is Sonia fonar for us in Kev

Ukrainian officials say Russia launched a large-scale missile assault early on Monday, prompting an air raid alert for the entire country.
Residents in Kyiv sought shelter after Ukraine’s air force said the country was under threat from several waves of cruise missiles, and from ballistic missiles in some regions. Local officials said several people were injured in residential areas, and a fire broke out at an industrial site that was hit.

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