Russia launched a wave of drone attacks on several regions of Ukraine early Tuesday, and fighting simmered in key pockets across the long front line as Ukrainian forces continued their push to oust occupying Russian troops.
But a Ukrainian officer fighting in the southern Zaporizhzhia region said that there was no halt in hostilities. “Our fighters are looking for weak points to advance and go further,” the officer said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
“In the Melitopol direction, after the capture of Pyatikhatka, the enemy is trying to break into the next village … heavy fighting continues,” Igor Strelkov, a former officer of Russia’s security service who had a brutal role in Russia’s military operations in Crimea and Donbas in 2014, wrote on Telegram.
Kovalev said in a statement Tuesday that 35 drones were deployed in “another massive air and missile attack” attack, including two-dozen Iranian-made “Shahed” drones sent toward Kyiv. Ukrainian officials claimed that their air defenses intercepted 32 of the drones. Parts of Zaporizhzhia still controlled by Ukraine also came under fire early Tuesday, predominantly from Russian airstrikes. “Zaporizhzhia and its suburbs were shaken by another treacherous mass attack by the enemy,” said Yuriy Malashko, head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, adding that no injuries had been reported.
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