20th June, 2023
Russia launched a sweeping air attack on Ukraine overnight, targeting the capital and cities from east to west.
Most of the country slept with air raid sirens blaring for several hours.
According to preliminary information, Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down 28 of the 30 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched.
Around 20 hostile targets were spotted and destroyed in the airspace surrounding Kyiv by the forces and our air defence, according to Serhiy Popko, chief of the Kyiv military administration, via the Telegram messaging app.
“Another massive air attack on the capital,” Popko remarked.
The military administration of Lviv, a city of approximately 700,000 people located about 70 kilometres (43 miles) from the border with NATO member Poland, said Russia struck a “critical infrastructure” in the city, igniting a fire.
According to preliminary information, there were no fatalities.
Yuriy Malashko, the chief of the military administration of the Zaporizhzhia region in southeast Ukraine, stated on the Telegram messaging app that Russia’s raid targeted telecommunication infrastructure as well as agriculture and farming facilities.
There were no fatalities reported in Zaporizhzhia.
According to preliminary assessments, Russia unleashed seven missiles in its attack on Zaporizhzhia.