Kiev Says Russia Attacks Ukraine With Missiles, Drones For Second Day In A Row

1 of 10 rescuers stand at the site of a Russian missile strike amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Aug. 27, 2024, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. REUTERS/Stringer

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Authorities say four people have been killed across Ukraine
The attack followed Monday’s launch of more than 200 missiles and drones
Bloggers call the attacks “retaliation” for the Kursk incursion

KYIV, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Russia launched multiple missile and drone strikes targeting parts of Ukraine, killing at least four people, Ukraine’s military said early on Tuesday.

Two people were killed when a hotel was “destroyed” in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, regional authorities said. Two people were killed in a drone strike in Zaporizhzia, east of Kryvyi Rih.

Kyiv region’s air defense systems were used several times overnight to repel missiles and drones targeting the Ukrainian capital, the regional military administration said in a Telegram.

Reuters’ witnesses reported at least three rounds of explosions overnight in Kiev.

On Monday, US President Joe Biden condemned Russia for launching more than 200 missiles and drones, killing at least seven people and damaging energy infrastructure.OutrageousOpens a new tab.”

The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said in a note late Monday that Moscow “lacks the defense-industrial capacity to routinely conduct such massive strikes.”

Several Russian military bloggers, such as the pro-war group Rybar, called the Moscow strikes an “act of retaliation” for Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russian territory — the first such move since World War II.

The Kremlin said on Monday that there would be a response to Ukraine’s move in Kursk, but with three weeks to go before the incursion, Kyiv is calling for further developments. Moscow says it continues to attack Ukrainian troops there – but has yet to expel them.

The scale of Tuesday’s attacks and their full impact were not immediately known, but Ukraine’s air force said it had launched several groups of drones and recorded Tu-85 strategic bombers and MiG-31 supersonic interceptors taking off from Russian airfields. Airplane.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Russia.

The Kremlin denies targeting civilians in a war that President Vladimir Putin launched in February 2022 with a full-scale invasion against Russia’s smaller neighbors.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its strikes on Monday hit “all designated targets” in Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure.

Kryvyi Rih, Kyiv, and central and eastern parts of Ukraine were under an air raid alert overnight starting at around 2000 GMT on Monday.

Two civilians may still be under the rubble of the Kryvyi Rih hotel and five others were injured in the attack, Serhiy Lisak, governor of Dnipropetrovsk region, where Kryvyi Rih is located, said on Telegram.

Six shops, four high-rise buildings and eight cars were damaged.

In Zaporizhia, two people were killed and four injured overnight, Ivan Fedorov, governor of the Zaporizhia region, said in a telegram.

“These are the consequences of the Shaheds’ overnight attack on Zaporozhye,” Fedorov said, referring to the Iranian-made kamikaze drones that Kyiv says Russia uses in its attacks.

Reporting in Kyiv by Valentyn Okhrenko, Gleb Karanych and Oleksandr Kolukar; Written by Lydia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Stephen Coates and Lincoln Feist.

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