Russian attack on charkiv – most powerful during the war

The attack on Ukraine’s second largest city is the most powerful against the city since the start of the war, according to the city’s mayor Ihor Terechov. Pictures from Charkiv can be seen burning high -rise buildings and charred apartments.

« So far at least 40 explosions have been heard in an hour and a half, » he wrote in a post on Telegram overnight.

Three people have been killed and about ten injured in charks. According to preliminary information, almost 50 attack drones have been fired and 18 residential buildings have been met, Terechov writes. Also in Chenerson in southern Ukraine have two people been killed in an attack on a high -rise building during the night.

The night before Russia carried out a comprehensive attack on several parts of the country, including the capital Kyiv. At least five people were killed and about 80 injured, reports BBC, with reference to Ukrainian authorities.

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Russia must have fired 407 attack drones, 38 cruise robots and six ballistic robots, according to Ukraine’s air force. That makes the attack to the second largest since the start of the war in 2022.

– They are very massive. Above all, the numerical area, that almost doubled the number of drones from what is the normal picture, says military expert Johan Huovinen.

– If you increase the amount of drones, the number of civilian victims also increases.

He calls the attacks For retaliation attacks – Putin’s response to Ukraine Special operation Last week when they carried out a series of attacks against Russian military air bases far into the country.

When Russian President Vladmir Putin spoke on the phone with Donald Trump last week, he said that a Russian revenge attack was imminent.

Later said The US president to reporters aboard Air Force One that Ukraine, with the operation, gave Putin « a reason to bomb them out of hell ».

Huovinen does not rule out that there may be more attacks coming nights.

– It is an escalation, then you can see how many such attacks Russia can implement, says Huovinen.

However, he believes Not that it is a general escalation of the conflict, but rather that the attacks should be seen in the light of the peace talks that started in Turkey this week.

– Russia has shown before that it is used to use violence as a pressure.

Roger Djupsjö, Major and teacher at the Swedish Defense College, the attacks call a Russian force demonstration.

– You want to show to the outside world, your own population, and especially to Ukraine’s population that it costs to hit us. You do not make that unpunished, he says.

That they attack civilian goals is part of Russia’s scare propaganda, he says.

– You simply show how brutal you are to scare everyone who supports Ukraine.

At the same time, Ukraine continues to attack Goals in Russia. On Friday, among other things, an oil refinery was on fire after a drone attack, according to Russian media.

– This is what will ultimately determine this war. This is currently a wars of appearance. Those who cannot produce, or do not have enough weapons systems, will lose the war.

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