The Ukrainian Air Force says its defence systems shot down 61 of 71 Russian missiles launched in the new wave of attacks.
“The enemy launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure,” the air force said “61 out of 71 enemy missiles were destroyed,” she added.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has dismissed domestic critics for her decision to continue sending arms to Ukraine, saying those who backed Kyiv are working for peace.
She added that she hopes that in the coming days, Italy will announce that it is ready to supply Ukraine with her SAMP/T missile defence system jointly with France. Romania denied that Russian missiles flew over it and rejected Kyiv’s claims that two Russian missiles crossed NATO airspace en route to Ukraine.
DTEK, Ukraine’s leading power generation company, said Friday’s Russian missile strike damaged its four thermal power plants.
Moldova has announced it will summon the Russian ambassador after Chisinau claimed a missile crossed the airspace of the former Soviet republic.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to deliver a state address on February 21, the Kremlin said. This was a few days before the one-year anniversary of Moscow’s attack on Ukraine.
Russia has launched rocket and drone attacks on power plants in her six regions in Ukraine, forcing authorities to order emergency blackouts in most countries, German Energy Minister Garshchenko said. Stated. Ukraine fired 10 Russian missiles over the capital Kyiv on Friday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Russian forces may have lost dozens of armoured vehicles in an unsuccessful attack on the eastern Ukraine city of Vkhredal, British intelligence said on Friday.
A Ukrainian stronghold at the strategic junction of the Eastern and Southern Fronts, her Vuhledar has seen some of the bloodiest battles of the war as Russia continues its relentless assault on the Eastern Front.
Ukraine’s top commander said two Russian missiles passed through Romanian and Moldovan airspace before entering Ukraine on Friday.
An aide to Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky has again urged Western allies to supply Kyiv with long-range missiles and fighter jets following the recent spate of attacks by Russian missiles and drones. A mobile air defence team that intercepts Russian missiles has become an integral part of Ukraine’s war effort to protect its people and infrastructure from attack.
Russian forces launched multiple strikes on Zaporizhia’s energy infrastructure early Friday morning, attacking critical infrastructure in Kharkiv, her second-largest city in Ukraine.
Zaporizhia city council secretary Anatoly Krutyev said the city was hit 17 times in an hour, the most severe attack since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
In Kharkiv, authorities are still trying to obtain information on casualties and the extent of the destruction, with Mayor Ihor Terekhov saying there could be disruptions to heating, electricity and water supplies.
French President Emmanuel Macron did not rule out sending fighter jets to Ukraine at some point on Friday, but Kyiv has announced a more urgent military force as Ukrainian officials said a new Russian attack was underway. Said he needed it. Some French lawmakers and activists have called on Macron to reverse Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war rule.
Macron did not rule out the possibility of stripping Putin of the honour conferred on him by then-President Jacques Chirac in 2006.
