Zelensky denounces that some of the missiles carried cluster munitions
MADRID, 28 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Russian Armed Forces launched this Thursday morning a new massive attack with dozens of missiles and drones that targeted the energy infrastructure of different regions of Ukraine, causing blackouts that left hundreds of thousands of people without service. people and several victims in areas such as kyiv and Odesa.
The Air Force has detected the launch of more than 90 missiles, including at least three S-300 and more than 70 cruise missiles, 28 of them Kalibr type and fired from the Black Sea. Most of them would have been shot down, as well as 35 of the 97 drones used in this new massive attack.
The objective of all these attacks, as the Air Force has pointed out, were “energy facilities”, a point also confirmed by the Minister of Energy, Herman Galushchenko, and the company Ukrenergo, which has carried out emergency cuts while waiting to evaluate the exact consequences of this latest offensive.
As for the affected areas, they are spread across different areas of Ukraine, since there is evidence of explosions in eastern regions, closer to the combat front, but also in the western part, with cases of even injuries in the regions of kyiv. and Odessa, according to a preliminary assessment of local authorities.
The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, has denounced that some of the missiles carried cluster munitions, a type of device that “significantly complicates” the work of emergency services and operators seeking to “mitigate the damage” caused by the missiles. bombings.
President Zelensky has indicated that Ukrainian personnel are working “tirelessly” to “recover normality” in the affected areas, where emergency points have been set up to provide “essential services” to the population.
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Ukrainian authorities have detected projectile launches from several of the Russian regions close to the border, such as Kursk, Belgorod and Volgograd. kyiv defends that it needs to attack these areas to counteract risks, which is why it had asked its Western partners for permission to use long-range missiles.
For Zelensky, these attacks “underscore the urgent need (for Ukraine to have) air defense systems”, something “especially critical” in the face of the winter months. He hopes to work with international partners to ensure reinforcements arrive “on time.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andri Sibiga, has also agreed that this type of bombing shows that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, “does not want peace”, which is why he has urged to “force” him to assume it through “force”. “Strength for our air shield, long-range capabilities and sanctions against their war machinery,” he summarized on social networks.