Russia launched a “massive” attack from Friday to Friday to the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, where kyiv first recognized an advance in the Russian army, said the regional governor.
“There are explosions. Strikes have occurred in DNIPRO and PAVLOGRAPHER,” two important cities said in this region of Central-East, in Telegram Serguii Lyssak, asking the inhabitants to remain under the shelter.
“At least three drones”
The Ukraine Air Force had previously warned in a cruise missile that is directed towards the area. Further south, the governor of the Zaporijjia region Ivan Fedorov also reported explosions and published on Telegram a photo of a fire house in the regional capital, as well as energy cuts. “The Russians arrived in the city with at least three drones,” he said.
On Tuesday, Ukraine first recognized that Russian soldiers had entered their Dnipropetrovsk region, where Moscow had claimed for progress in July.
20% of the territory under Russian control
The Russian army currently controls approximately 20% of the Ukrainian territory. The Kremlin demands that Ukraine be removed from certain territories that continues to partially control, in particular of the Donetsk region, as a previous condition for the cessation of hostilities. Kyiv rejects this idea.
The Dnipropetrovsk region is not one of the five Ukrainian regions of which Moscow affirms annexation, namely those of Donetsk, Kherson, Lougansk, Zaporijia and Crimea.
Source: BFM TV
