The Russian airstrikes reported on Monday more than doubled the number of attacks on each of the previous two days.
Russia is amplfying its aerial assault on Ukraine, having launched 28 airstrikes in 24 hours, according to the Ukrainian military.on Monday that 12 of the 28 airstrikes were carried out by Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones. In addition, there were reportedly eight Russian rocket attacks and 55 shellings using"jet fire systems" the same day.
Russian forces were reportedly focusing efforts on settlements in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, while 200 more soldiers were transferred to the Luhansk quadrant. The airstrikes targeted multiple areas of Ukraine, delivering casualties in the western city of Khmelnytskyi.said during his nightly televised address that back-to-back drone strikes in Khmelnytskyi had resulted in two emergency workers being killed and three injured.
Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets are pictured during a demonstration in Zhukovskiy, Russia, on August 27, 2019. The inset images feature Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, bottom left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, top right. The Ukrainian military on Monday said that Russia had launched 28 airstrikes over the previous 24 hours.
Ukrainian forces purportedly conducted four of their own airstrikes on Monday, targeting Russian personnel and military equipment. Nine Shahed-136 drones and one"Ukraine also said on Monday that the military had shot down one Russian fighter jet in the previous 24 hours, marking a milestone of 300 Russian jets shot down since the war began just over a year ago.
"Every russian military jet invading our air space or attacking our people is a legitimate target for our air defense troops," the Ukrainian Ministry of DefenseThe Russian air attacks reported on Monday more than doubled the number of attacks on each of the previous two days, with 11 airstrikes launched Saturday and 13 Sunday, according to Ukraine.
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