Russia has launched an airstrike in Kiev, with the ferocity of the war between the two countries raging and sirens sounding in Kiev.
A 35-year-old father and his four-year-old son were killed and three other people were injured in the attack, Ukrainian emergency services said. A 14-year-old girl is also among the injured.
“Air defense units are operating, the air strike alert continues,” the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitaly Klitschko said on Telegram. At least 5 regions in eastern Ukraine were put on alert.
Both Ukraine and Russia deny they are deliberately targeting civilians in the war, which has killed tens of thousands of people, turned millions more into internally displaced persons and refugees, and shows no sign of ending any time soon.
Air raid sirens sound in Kyiv, loud explosions reported. pic.twitter.com/ovjQT3y05I
— S p r i n t e r (@SprinterFamily) August 10, 2024
Zelensky: Pressure on the attacker
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last night (10/8) said publicly for the first time that Ukrainian forces are fighting in Russia’s Kursk region, saying the operation is part of Kiev’s move to restore justice after Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. .
Zelensky, referring to the Ukrainian military operation for the first time, specifically pointed out that Kiev is seeking to “shift the war” inside Russia amid the invasion of Kursk by Ukrainian troops, which began on Tuesday and has so far not been commented on by Kiev.
“Today, on several occasions, General Sirski (retired chief of the general staff of the armed forces) gave a report on the front, on our actions and the shift of the war to the territory of the aggressor (…). Ukraine is proving that it can restore justice and apply the necessary pressure: pressure on the aggressor,” Zelensky said in his daily evening televised message.
Neither Volodymyr Zelensky nor the Ukrainian military provided further details about the current state of the advance of Ukrainian troops on Russian territory.
The Ukrainian president had last week refrained from explicitly confirming the operation and, making indirect references, had said that the Ukrainian army could “surprise” and achieve results and that “Russia brought the war to our land and should feel what it has does”.
Moscow announced yesterday that an “anti-terrorist operation” had begun in three regions bordering Ukraine, days after the largest incursion of Ukrainian troops into Russian territory since the outbreak of war.
More than 76,000 people have been evacuated from areas bordering Ukraine in the Kursk region, local emergency authorities said, according to Russia’s TASS news agency.
Wounded by missile debris
At least 13 people were injured, two of whom were taken to hospital and are in serious condition, as debris from a missile fired by Ukraine’s armed forces fell over the city of Kursk, capital of the Kursk region of Russia where Ukrainian troops have invaded, it said. the acting governor today.
This is the biggest undertaking by the forces of Kiev since February 2022, when the Russian army invaded Ukrainian territory. Authorities hastily evacuated tens of thousands of Russian citizens from areas at risk.
Residents of the apartment building that was hit were to be moved to temporary reception centers, Kursk Mayor Igor Kuciak said via Telegram. He added that an air raid alert had been declared in the city earlier.
Kursk is under attack.
Debris from missiles, hit by russian air defenses set houses on fire – a hot night for the russians in Kursk.
Sorry guys, putin started the war. pic.twitter.com/4yMwMNN1pI
— Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 (@jurgen_nauditt) August 11, 2024
Meanwhile, in the Russian city of Varonez, the capital of the Varonez region, debris from a downed Ukrainian drone damaged a public administration building and a non-profit organization facility, regional governor Alexander Gushev said via Telegram.
No injuries were reported, he assured.
Ukrainian soldiers tearing down the Russian flag and throwing it on the ground after taking the village of Sverdlikovo in the Kursk region of Russia
— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24) August 10, 2024
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