Russia renews missile assaults on Kyiv, assaults intensify within the east – EURACTIV.com

Russia on Saturday (11 November) launched a missile assault on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the encompassing area for the primary time in additional than seven weeks and pounded the east and south of the nation with drones, Ukrainian officers mentioned.

Ukrainian border guards mentioned that they had retaken a village within the nation’s northeast adjoining to the Russian border.

Officers within the east, the main focus of Russia’s sluggish 20-month-old advance, mentioned Ukrainian forces had repelled quite a few assaults by Moscow’s troops they usually anticipated additional assaults, notably across the devastated city of Avdiivka.

Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv metropolis navy administration, mentioned a Russian ballistic missile was launched towards the capital at about 8 a.m. (0600 GMT).

“After a protracted pause of 52 days, the enemy has resumed missile assaults on Kyiv,” Popko mentioned on the Telegram messaging app. “The missile failed to succeed in Kyiv, air defenders shot it down because it was approaching the capital.”

Popko mentioned there have been no casualties or main injury.

Ruslan Kravchenko, regional governor for the central Kyiv area, mentioned 5 non-public homes and several other business buildings within the space had been broken. He mentioned two Russian missiles struck a subject between settlements.

Ukraine’s air defence additionally shot down 19 Iranian-made “Shahed” drones out of 31 launched by the Russian forces in a single day in southern and japanese areas, the air power mentioned.

Ukrainian intelligence official Andriy Yusov instructed nationwide tv: “This isn’t the primary or the final mixed assault.” He pointed to rising numbers of air alerts in latest days.

Ukrainian flag in border village

On-line video from Kharkiv area confirmed border guards elevating the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag in Topoli village alongside the Russian border, with out additional clarification. Ukrainian forces a 12 months in the past made a lightning push to recapture giant swathes of territory within the northeast and since June are engaged in a counteroffensive within the east and south.

Prosecutors in northern Sumy area mentioned two individuals aboard bikes died when Russian forces shelled a street.

Within the east, navy spokesperson Oleskandr Shtupun mentioned Ukrainian troops had repelled 35 Russian assaults in and close to Avdiivka, which has been below intense fireplace since mid-October.

Shtupun instructed nationwide tv that 70% of air strikes within the east and south focused Avdiivka.

Officers in Avdiivka say they anticipate a brand new Russian push on the town as soon as the bottom dries up from days of heavy rain. Movies present buildings decreased to shells and officers say rising numbers of the remaining 1,500 residents, from a pre-war inhabitants of 32,000, had been getting ready to evacuate.

Within the Black Sea port of Odesa, regional governor Oleh Kiper mentioned the southern area was attacked with missiles and drones on Friday night and in a single day. The strikes wounded three individuals and broken port infrastructure amenities, he mentioned with out providing additional particulars.

Russia has intensified bombardments of Ukraine’s ports, together with Odesa, and grain infrastructure since Moscow in July pulled out of a deal to permit for exports from Ukrainian ports.

Russian accounts of the combating mentioned its forces had struck positions close to Bakhmut, a city Moscow captured in Might after months of heavy combating.

Reuters couldn’t confirm accounts from both aspect.

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