Russia is intensifying air strikes against Ukraine

The death toll from a series of Russian attacks on Ukraine is at least 14.Energy infrastructures are especially affected.

• An initial Russian attack on the morning of August 26 killed seven people and caused electricity blackouts.
• During the night another large-scale Russian attack killed seven more people.
• The government of Ukraine asks allies to be able to strike military targets on Russian territory.

There Russia he killed at least fourteen people with a series of missile raids onUkraine.A first series of attacks on Monday morning hit 15 regions of the country, including the area of ​​the capital Kiev, damaging energy infrastructure, causing considerable inconvenience to the population and killing four people.The following night, Russia then launched new missiles against several areas of Ukraine, killing seven more people.

According to theUN, since the beginning of the war Russia he killed at least 10 thousand Ukrainian civilians, plus tens of thousands of soldiers.

Rain of missiles on Ukraine

A first series of Russian attacks against Ukraine occurred on August 26. They were launched over 200 missiles against more than half of the country's regions and the toll was at least seven people killed and thirty injured.The Ukrainian air force said it intercepted and shot down the85 percent of missiles.

The attack struck above all energy infrastructure, following a sabotage scheme that Russia has been carrying out since the beginning of the war.Damage was reported in the capital Kiev, where people took refuge in the subway and in the basements of houses, while in the refinery in Omsk a fire broke out.The Russian attacks have caused electricity and water interruptions in several areas of the country and the Ukrainian public energy company has prepared emergency measures to deal with the problems.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, he said that the attack on 26 August was one of the heaviest attacks suffered by the country since the start of the war in February 2022.The massive attack against the Ukrainian energy network follows another Kremlin missile raid that on the day of August 25th had hit a hotel in Kramatorsk.The raid had killed a British member of the international media Reuters and injured two other journalists.

Other Russian attacks during the night

On the night between 26 and 27 August, Russia launched dozens more missiles against Ukraine.The toll from the attack is at least seven deaths, which added to the seven from the previous day make a total of 14 people killed in less than 24 hours.

The Ukrainian Air Force he said of having shot down five missiles and 60 drones, while those that were not intercepted struck again energy infrastructure and civil objectives.The president of the United States, Joe Biden, spoke of an “outrageous attack”.

The Russian military offensive of the last few hours probably comes in response to the penetration of Ukrainian troops into Russian territory in the area Kursk, the first invasion of Russian territory since Second World War.A change in the dynamics of the conflict, given that the Ukrainian army had been standing for some time defensive positions.After Russia's multiple attack, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, he asked Western allies given the green light for Ukraine to strike military targets on Russian territory.And Russia he reported that Ukrainian troops are trying to cross the border also in the area of Belgorod.