Russian missiles and drones attacked Ukraine again

Russia launched massive missile and drone attacks on several regions of Ukraine overnight. According to reports by Ukrainian authorities, at least3People were killed and dozens injured.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched the aircraft.619Drones and multiple missiles found on the Ukrainian side579A drone,8Ballistic missiles and32A cruise missile. Ukrainian forces shot down552A drone,2Ballistic missiles and29The cruise missile.

Ukrainian President Zelensky said the attacks took place in nine regions, including Dnipro, Nikolayev, Chernigov, Zaporozhye, Portava, Kiev, Odessa, Sumy and Kharkov.

He said:“The enemy targets our infrastructure, residential areas and civilian businesses.”

A missile equipped with cluster bombs hit a multi-storey building in the city of Dnipro. Zelensky inXstated above:“Any such attack is not for military purposes, but for Russia’s deliberate strategy of intimidating civilians and destroying our infrastructure.”

According to the governor of the Dnipro region in central Ukraine, the attack caused at least26People are injured.

Local authorities in the Kyiv region reported that a house and a number of vehiclesThe car was damaged. Maxim, governor of the western Lviv region·Kojitsky that two cruise missiles were shot down.

The border situation has been tense since Russian drones entered Poland’s airspace a week and a half ago.In addition, according to Estonian reports, Russian fighters flew over Estonian territory yesterday.

Polish Ministry of Defense10According to the Japanese report, in addition to Polish aircraft, allied aircraft also participated in the attack prevention operation. A spokesman for the Dutch Ministry of Defense confirmed that,F-35Warplanes have also been deployed for surveillanceNATO isAirspace. It's unclear how many have been deployedF-35The warplanes.

Since the beginning of this month, the Netherlands has deployed four aircraft in Poland.F-35warplanes, used to monitor NATO borders. Previously, these warplanes have been deployed several times for this purpose.F-35For the first time, weapons were used.

Russia denies incident

Following the last incident, Russia said that drones violated Polish airspace not intentionally: the drones were allegedly targeted at Ukraine, but Poland did not accept this explanation.

As Estonia yesterday, Russia also insisted it did not violate Estonian airspace. According to Estonia, three Russian fighter jets were on the island of Wayndale (VaindlooFlight over Estonian airspace.12minutes, but was intercepted by Italian fighter jets.

The Russian Defense Ministry said it did not fly over Estonian airspace.TelegramIt said there were no deviations in the flight schedule, and the aircraft flew over Weendell, at an altitude of three kilometers above international waters.

NATO Emergency Meeting

Estonia's foreign minister said the operation“Unprecedented violence”。 NATO called it a reckless move, although NATO Secretary General Rutte also stressed“We took fast and decisive action.”。

U.S. President Trump has been cautious about Russia’s actions, he said:“I don't like that, I don't like it happening. This can cause significant problems, but I'll let you know later.”

As a result of this incident, Estonian Prime Minister Michal convened an emergency meeting of member states in accordance with Article IV of the NATO Treaty. The meeting will take place early next week. This is the second emergency meeting of NATO in a month; The first was due to events in Poland.