At least 30 people were killed and more than 160 wounded on Friday in a series of Russian attacks on several Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Ukrainian authorities said.
The previous report showed at least 24 dead and more than 100 injured.
“Russia has used almost all types of weapons in its arsenal,” declared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, Russia fired around 160 devices, including cruise missiles and Shahed explosive drones (unmanned aircraft). The Ukrainian air defense managed to shoot down 88 missiles and 27 drones, he said.
“This is the most massive missile attack” excluding the first days of the war, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said.
The attacks targeted populated areas of several Ukrainian cities, including kyiv, Lviv, Khmelnytskyy, Cherkassy, Sumi, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odessa and Zaporizhia, according to the UN Human Rights office.
The attacks affected essential infrastructure and industrial, military and civilian facilities, the General Staff said in a report.
The military offensive launched on February 24, 2022 by Russia in Ukraine caused, according to the most recent UN data, the worst refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by most of the international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia. political and economic.
Source: TSF
