Ukraine, Zelensky: large Russian assault, 40 missiles and 580 drones, 3 lifeless | EUROtoday

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Volodymyr Zelensky denounced a “massive attack” performed throughout the night time by the Russian forces towards his nation. According to the Ukrainian president, Moscow would have launched 40 missiles and about 580 drones, hitting completely different areas: da dnipro a mykolaiv, da chernihiv a zaporizhzhia, Fino a poltava, kiev, odessa, sumy e kharkiv. The provisional stability speaks of three deaths and dozens of accidents.

Infrastructures and civilians within the sights

Zelensky stated that Raids have affected strategic infrastructures, residential areas and civil firms. In Dnipro, a cluster missile hit a residential constructing, inflicting victims and severe harm. “Any attack of this type does not respond to a military need, but to a deliberate terror strategy against civilians”accused the president, invoking better worldwide assist to strengthen air protection and impose new penalties in Moscow.

The Moscow model

For its half, The Russian Ministry of Defense declared that it had intercepted and shot down 149 Ukrainian drones within the early hours of Saturday 20 September. Of these, 40 would have been neutralized within the Rostov area, 27 in Saratov, 18 in Bryansk, 15 in Samara and 12 in Crimea. Other felling had been recorded in Volgograd, Belgorod, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Smolensk and Niznij Novgorod. According to Moscow, 15 drones had been additionally neutralized on the Black Sea and three on the Azov Sea.

Operations with drones on the entrance

The Russian Ministry additionally made it recognized that Her FPV drones operators would have destroyed Ukrainian autos and troopers within the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka space. Attacks would even have been performed by the sixth and 71st motorized riflemen division, which might have hit pick-ups, a minibus used for the transport of troopers and ammunition and one other car close to a Ukrainian drone management middle.

An evening in alarm

The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed that The complete nation has remained beneath air alarm for hours, with explosions reported in Pavlohrad, Mykolaiv and Dnipro. The info on victims and harm stays fragmentary, whereas native authorities communicate of an unprecedented assault for depth.