Donetsk governor Pavlo Kirilenko said five civilians were wounded in overnight missile attacks on the city of Druzhkivka, and that the city of Avdivka and its outskirts were also shelled.
Russian missile attacks on Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv wounded five people on Sunday, officials said. Kharkiv’s regional governor, Oleh Sinihubov, said four people were injured when a Russian S-300 missile hit an apartment complex. People got injured. At the same time, one person was injured when a missile fell near an academic building. Local media reports said that the attack targeted the building of the National Academy for Urban Economy, located about 700 meters from the center of the city. Meanwhile, heavy shelling continues in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
Donetsk is one of four regions that Russia captured last year, but its military forces have not been able to fully control the region. Five civilians were injured and the town of Avdivka and its outskirts were also shelled.
Ukraine’s energy grid has been hit by Russia
Workers at the Black Sea port of Odessa work to connect temporary generators to restore power. A massive network failure plunged the city and surrounding region into darkness over the weekend. Grid operator Ukrainergo said supplies had been affected by Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid.
We are ready to stop the Russian army – Defense Minister
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told a news conference that a new Russian offensive is expected later this month. He said that not all Western weapons would have arrived by then, but Ukraine had reserves to deter Russian forces. He said Ukraine had negotiated a supply of new long-range missiles. Reznikov said Russia’s The pass did not have all its resources ready to launch the offensive.
But it may do so as a symbolic gesture, given the one-year anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion on February 24. He said Russia is expected to follow through with annexing the entire eastern Donbass. -Will give priority to launching offensive in south and east of Ukraine to create a land corridor across all regions.
We will win this war – Reznikov
The Defense Minister also confirmed that the troops will start training on German-made Leopard tanks from Monday. Reznikov said that Ukraine’s new long-range missiles will have a range of 90 miles (150 km), but they will not be used against Russian territory. Only against Russian units in Ukrainian-occupied territories. Reznikov said that I am sure we will win this war, but he said that without the delivery of Western fighter jets, “we will lose more lives.
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