Russia launches fierce missile and drone attack on Ukraine: Reports

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched 120 missiles and 90 drones, including Iranian-made Shaheds, alongside cruise and ballistic missiles. Air defences intercepted 144 of the 210 aerial threats, but harm to vigor infrastructure was widespread, starring to powerfulness outages successful Odesa and different regions. In Mykolaiv, 2 radical were killed and six injured, including children, aft a drone strike.

A Ukrainian serviceman examines a downed Shahed drone with thermobaric complaint launched by Russia successful a probe laboratory successful an undisclosed determination successful Ukraine Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP)

Odesa’s governor, Oleh Kiper, reported 2 fatalities among Ukrenergo vigor workers owed to harm caused by rocket strikes. Kyiv’s City Military Administration chief, Serhii Popko, confirmed the onslaught was the astir extended successful 3 months, with a occurrence breaking retired successful a residential gathering successful the capital.

Zelenskyy urged Western allies to fortify Ukraine’s aerial defence systems to forestall aboriginal assaults. “The enemy’s people was our vigor infrastructure,” helium said, arsenic Ukraine braces for imaginable powerfulness shortages up of winter.

Amid the attack, the US authorised Ukraine’s usage of long-range missiles to onslaught wrong Russian territory. Zelenskyy responded cautiously, saying, “Strikes are not made with words… the missiles volition talk for themselves.”

Meanwhile, Russian Defence Ministry officials admitted to targeting Ukraine’s “critical vigor infrastructure,” claiming the facilities were tied to subject operations. In Russia, Ukrainian drones deed targets successful Kursk and Belgorod, with section authorities confirming casualties and damage.

(with inputs from AP)