A large-scale Russian attack, using missiles and drones, terrorized Ukraine last night, with air raid alarms sounding across the country, including in western areas far from the front lines.
This is according to the Kyiv Independent, which recalls that Russian bombardments have dramatically intensified over the past and current month, and massive attacks are becoming more frequent and deadly.
The Ukrainian Air Force warned late last night that Russia had launched three Tu-95 bombers from the Olenya military airfield in the Murmansk region, and that several groups of Russian drones were moving towards various regions.
Hours later, the Air Force reported that a Russian MiG-31K – an aircraft capable of carrying Kinzhal ballistic missiles – had taken off from Savasleyka airfield in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region.
Western Ukraine was under a massive attack! There are reports of power outages in Lvov region pic.twitter.com/ScxhHWn6Vr
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Explosions and strikes were reported in Mykolaiv, Kremenchuk, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv, as waves of attacks arrived throughout the night.
Some regional officials shared preliminary reports of damage and casualties even as air defense continued to operate in the area.
The Kyiv Post states that a Ukrainian F-16 pilot was killed overnight while defending the country from one of the largest Russian air attacks to date.
– Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Ustymenko (31) died after his fighter jet was damaged during an operation to intercept Russian missiles and drones – the Ukrainian Air Force announced.
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