At least ten dead: Russia continues massive wave of attacks

Rescue workers searched the rubble of destroyed buildings for survivors, such as the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko announced on the short message service Telegram. Accordingly, in the entire urban area at least 46 people injured. According to civil protection, at least 15 residential buildings were damaged or destroyed. The historic Podilskyj district was particularly affected, where, among other things, a nine-story residential building was largely destroyed from the fifth floor onwards. The Prosecutor General’s Office said that in addition to the Podilskyi district, the eastern district of Darnytskyi was also at the center of the attacks. Two people were killed there when debris hit a 25-story residential building.

600 people evacuated

After a Russian missile attack, the death toll in the satellite town of Vyshneve on the western edge of Kiev rose to five. Another 21 injured people were taken to hospitals, the civil defense announced on Telegram. Previously, according to the information, over 600 people evacuated from Vyshneve for security reasons become. Videos published by the internet portal “Hromadske”, among others, showed subsequent explosions, presumably from stored ammunition, after the impact of a Russian missile.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia used 68 missiles – including 23 ballistic missiles and six Zircon hypersonic missiles – and 351 drones in the attack. The Ukrainian air defense has 37 rockets fired or rendered harmless, but cannot intercept any of the ballistic missiles or Zircon projectiles. Ukraine has long pointed to a lack of interceptor missiles for the Patriot defense system, which is considered the only effective means of combating ballistic missiles.

Kyiv is increasing pressure on Crimea

According to Moscow, Ukraine attacked Russia with more than 500 drones. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that 519 drones were shot down. Meanwhile, the independent internet portal reported Astra of a renewed attack on the refinery in the large city of Yaroslavl, north of Moscow. Be in pictures circulating on social networks Clouds of smoke over the facility to recognize. The refinery has been attacked several times in the past.

There is no official information about possible damage to the oil processing plant. According to the Yaroslavl governor Michail Jewrajew The anti-aircraft defense shot down more than 70 drones. “Two people suffered splinter injuries” and were being treated in hospital, he wrote on Telegram. He warned of possible further attacks.

Ukraine also attacks occupied Crimea again

According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Ukraine has attacked a total of around 20 Russian regions and regions under Russian control, including Crimea, which has been annexed by Moscow since 2014. Drone strikes on the peninsula killed a woman and injured two other people, wrote the Moscow-appointed governor Sergey Aksyonov.

In the port city of Sevastopol, the energy infrastructure was hit, said the appointed governor Michail Raswoschajew with. He later wrote that power had been restored to most households after switching to reserve capacity.

Ukraine attacks Baltic Sea ports with drones

According to local reports, the Russian Baltic Sea ports of Vysotsk and Ust-Luga were damaged in Ukrainian drone attacks. Ust-Luga is one of Russia’s most important oil export ports. According to the regional governor Alexander Drosdenko 56 drones were shot down in the area.

In the Kaluga region, around 190 kilometers south of Moscow, an industrial site caught fire after a drone strike. In the Yaroslavl region, almost 270 kilometers northeast of the Russian capital, two people were injured by shrapnel as a result of a drone attack.

Zelenskiy is tireless when it comes to air defense among allies

The Ukrainian head of state Wolodimir Selenskij had warned on Sunday that Russia’s President Wladimir Putin is likely to order heavy air strikes before the start of the NATO summit in Turkey on Tuesday. He cited information from the Ukrainian secret service. “This is entirely Putin’s style – immediately after American Independence Day (July 4th) and before the NATO summit in Ankara,” he wanted to “cause even more mischief and kill people,” said Zelenskiy. He appealed to his country’s partners to provide greater support for Ukrainian air defense.

“Any delay in the delivery of missiles for our air defense and for the Patriot systems costs lives and encourages Russia to continue the war,” he said. The world definitely has the necessary quantity and quality of anti-aircraft systems. What is necessary, however, is to also provide this to Ukraine. “And of course these are primarily the decisions of the USA, the decisions of the powerful in Europe and in the world.” Zelenskiy continued that it was clear to Ukraine that the political will of the USA would be sufficient to remedy the lack of Patriot systems. “But so far there has been a lack of such support.”