The Russian military operation in Ukraine continues today, Wednesday, as units of the Russian army are extending full control over the Ukrainian regions andHitting the positions of the Kyiv forceswhile The latter continues to receive Western support And repel the attack of the Russian bear.
In the latest developments, Ukraine announced the recovery of 5 towns in the south of the country from the Russians. Kyiv said the Russian missile strikes targeted 30% of the infrastructure in two days. As demanded by the West Equipped with air defense systems To protect the atmosphere and infrastructure.
With the Russian bombing on Ukrainian territory entering its third day, sources in Ukraine said that the bombing focused on energy sources, which made Ukrainian cities suffer from electricity and water cuts. Ukrainian sources said that Russian incendiary shells fell on the city of Nikopol.
Russian media reported that five explosions were heard in Kherson early Wednesday morning, adding that, according to unofficial information, air defense systems were launched. The RIA news agency, citing Russian-appointed local police, reported that an explosive device exploded near the city’s central market. The agency reported that there were no injuries.
Earlier, the exiled head of the Russian-controlled municipality of Melitopol, south of the Zaporizhia region, said on the Telegram application that a powerful explosion had occurred in the city.
On the ground, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced yesterday that Destruction of US HIMARS missile depots Near the village of Predtichino in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that the Ukrainian forces made an unsuccessful attempt to attack the positions of the Russian forces in the direction of the villages of Krachmalnoyi in the Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic.
For its part, the Ukrainian General Staff announced that the Russian forces launched Air raids, cruise missiles were launched and missile launchers bombed more than 20 cities and villages across the country.
On Tuesday, Russia announced that it had launched “heavy” strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure. The Russian forces launched these strikes in the wake of an unprecedented bombardment for months in terms of its scope and frequency, affecting Kyiv and many other Ukrainian cities, which resulted in at least 19 deaths and 105 injuries among civilians, and the United Nations and the West condemned it.
Russia, which has suffered many military setbacks in the recent period, continued on Tuesday its bombing, albeit with less intensity, targeting energy facilities in western Ukraine far from the front lines.
The bombings caused “great damage” to energy facilities in the Dnipro region in central Ukraine, depriving “many towns” of electricity, according to the region’s governor.
Kyiv was not bombed on Tuesday, but the operator of the electricity network in the capital announced that electricity will be cut regularly “as of Tuesday” in different districts with the approach of winter, while Ukrainians fear a shortage of water, heating and electricity.
The Ukrainian government called on the population to “economy” in the consumption of electricity.
In his daily evening speech, Zelensky said that “since this morning, the Russians fired 28 missiles, 20 of which were shot down, and they launched more than 15 drones, primarily Iranian attack drones, almost all of which were shot down.”
The Ukrainian president expressed the hope that ” Our partners are making progress on anti-aircraft defenses And rockets”.
In Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that “intense strikes” on sites linked to the military command and energy system of Ukraine “hit their target.”
The bombings were less extensive compared to the two, when dozens of missiles rained down on military and energy and communications facilities, as well as civilian sites from a university, parks and a footbridge in Kyiv.
The bombing came in response to what Putin considered a “terrorist” attack that damaged a bridge linking Russia with Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014.
In eastern Ukraine, in the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office announced on Tuesday that 78 bodies of civilians had been found buried in two towns recaptured by Ukrainian forces.
In Liman, about 110 graves were found, of which 44 were immediately exhumed, including the body of “a one-year-old child and his entire family”.
Ukraine accuses the Russian forces of committing many violations. After the withdrawal of these forces, they often discover graves of civilians who were killed or victims of torture and extrajudicial executions. Russia denies the accusations.
In Russia, Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod border region with Ukraine, accused Ukraine on Tuesday of launching a strike on an electrical installation in Chepkino, seven kilometers from the border, “depriving more than 2,000 people” of electricity without causing any casualties.