The Ukrainian authorities have denounced this Saturday the stroke more than 70 drones launched by Russia at various points in the country, especially against its capital, Kyiv. As reported by the authorities, five people were woundsincluding a child 11 years.
As detailed by the press department of the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian army attacked tonight with some 75 unmanned aerial vehicles, 71 of which have been demolished by Ukrainian defense systems. Its about greatest attack with Russian drones in the Ukrainian capital since the invasion began in February 2022. The aerial alert in the city lasted six hours, and the remains of drones fallen caused fires and damaged buildings in different parts of the capital, indicated the mayor, Vitali Klitschko. “The enemy continues to sow terror“, said.
Already this morning the capital authorities had reported Russian attacks with drones Sahid, had asked that the population take shelter in shelters, at the same time that they had warned of the possibility of new incidentsreports the Ukrinform agency.
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For his part, the president of UkraineVolodimir Zelensky has denounced what happened and has accused Russia of perpetrating this offensive precisely on the eve of the day in memory of the victims of the Holodomor, known as the genocide derived from the famine caused by Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union against Ukraine in the early 1930s. “We continue working to strengthen our air defense and knock down more. And we continue to work to unite the world in defense against terrorism Russian. The terrorist state must lose and be responsible of what he has done,” Zelensky said on his Telegram channel.
Russia launched around 70 “Shahed” drones at Ukraine precisely on the eve of the Holodomor genocide commemoration day. Russia’s leadership appears to be proud of its ability to kill people.
Our warriors shot down the majority of the drones, but not all of them. We keep working…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) November 25, 2023
“They wanted humiliate ourselveswear out and annihilate us. They failed. They wanted to hide from us TRUE and cover up crimes terrible They failed. They wanted to confuse us, deceive us and make us lose faith, forget us and thus forgive. They failed. And today, with deep pain and respect, we honor the memory of millions of our people: millions of famine victims“added the president in a publication on X (anets Twitter) on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor genocide, which left between seven and ten million victims between 1932 and 1933.