Air raid warnings began to be announced at around 7:00 on 16 December. Closer to 8 sirens sounded in almost half of the regions of Ukraine.
There was an air raid on Kiev and several regions – the enemy attacked with kamikaze drones
Where was the air raid alarm?
The sirens sounded:
- Odessa;
- Nikolaevskaya;
- Kirovograd;
- Cherson;
- Zaporozhye;
- Dnepropetrovsk;
- Donetsk;
- Poltava;
- Kharkov;
- Chernihiv;
- Zhytomyr;
- Vinnitsa;
- Cherkasy;
- Kievskaya;
- Rivne;
- as well as the Sumy regions.
An air raid alert was later announced over western Ukraine as well.
The first rockets arrive. Don’t ignore anxiety
– he wrote Vitali Kim around 8:00 on December 16th.
The same appeal to the people was published by the Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kirill Timoshenko. He urged people to stay in shelters.
Also, the head of the Zhytomyr OVA Vitaly Bunechko warned that there was a threat of a missile attack in the region. He urged people to stay in shelters.
What equipment was lifted into the sky by the enemy
According to monitor, the Russians raised strategic aviation into the sky from the Engels-2 airfield. In particular:
- 718;
- 716;
- 712;
- 721;
- 722;
- 717;
Preliminary launches of X-101 missiles were carried out by the aforementioned Tu-95 aircraft from the Caspian direction,
– clarified in the Telegram channel.
It can attack with 60 missiles
OVA Nikolaev head Vitaliy Kim said that some of the missiles were already on the territory of Ukraine in the north.
We expect about 60 pieces … I also think that our air defense will shoot down at least 50+,
Kim stated.
The official noted that we all believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, rescuers urged Ukrainians to stay in shelters and maintain information silence.
“Excessive media attention harms Ukraine’s defense forces,” the source explained. State Emergency Service.
The threat of a massive new strike: briefly
- Since October 10, Russia has been massively attacking critical infrastructure in Ukraine. As a result, Ukrainians periodically run out of electricity.
- The last time the enemy struck Ukraine was on December 5th. At that time, more than 70 missiles were fired throughout Ukraine. Fortunately, our air defense shot down more than 60. Read more about the attack here.
- It should be noted that the colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine predicted that preparations for a new massive attack on Russia would take about two weeks. In particular, according to the military expert and colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the reserve Roman Svitan, Russia can strike massively no earlier than December 19th.
