"A massive combined attack on all regions of Ukraine. At night and in the early morning, Russian terrorists used various types of drones, including Shaheds. Cruise, ballistic and air missiles: Zircon, Iskander, Kindzhal. In total, about 120 missiles and 90 drones. Our air defence forces destroyed more than 140 air targets."
- Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his social media on Sunday morning.
The Ukrainian president reported that the targets of the attacks were energy facilities, which were partially damaged by hits and shrapnel.
"In Mykolaiv, a drone strike killed two people and injured six others, including two children. I express my condolences to the families and friends of the victims. There are currently areas without power, and all necessary forces are engaged in response and recovery activities."
- President Zelensky assured.
The Ukrainian head of state expressed gratitude to the country's air defence forces that repelled the significant part of this barbaric attack, aimed to terrorise the Ukrainian non-combatant population. He revealed that the pilots of the F-16 military aircraft transferred to Ukraine by the West participated in this.
Russia first illegally invaded Ukraine in 2014 - and has occupied a significant part of the country ever since. On February 24, 2022, Moscow took things further - mounting an unlawful and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and starting the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.
Numerous reports from a variety of sources state that since the full-scale invasion started, Russians have committed countless war crimes in Ukraine - breaking the Geneva convention on a daily basis and killing tens of thousands of civilians.
The list of Kremlin's transgressions reported includes regular attacks on non-military targets, murdering and torturing war prisoners as well as civilians en masse, kidnapping thousands of Ukrainian children into Russia or using internationally forbidden weapons.
Sunday is day 998 of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine.
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Source: IAR, PAP