Aftermath of Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine
Al Jazeera
Russia has launched a second straight day of missile and drone attacks, targeting several Ukrainian regions and killing at least five people.
Two people were killed when a hotel was “wiped out” by a missile in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said on Tuesday. Three died in drone attacks on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia.
On Monday, Russia pummelled Ukrainian energy infrastructure with more than 200 missiles and drones.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday said Kyiv would retaliate and asked allies to consider joint air defence operations and provide long-range weapons capabilities.
Ukraine’s air force said it downed five of 10 incoming Russian missiles and 60 of 81 drones in Tuesday’s attacks. It added that it lost track of 10 more drones that likely came down somewhere on its territory. One drone crossed into Belarusian territory; 10 more were still flying around Ukraine’s airspace on Tuesday morning, it said.
