“Russia Launches Wave of Attacks on Ukraine Ahead of Victory Day Parade”

KIEV – Russia launched a massive wave of attacks on Kiev and the entire region Ukraine , Monday (8/5/2023) morning local time. This wave of attacks sowed devastation in a number of areas of Ukraine.

The wave of attacks was launched as Moscow prepared for the Victory Day parade on Tuesday (9/5/2023). It is an important anniversary for President Vladimir Putin that has raised the morale of the Russian army, such as when Soviet troops defeated Nazi Germany in World War II.

As a result of the wave of attacks, at least five people were injured in Kiev, Ukrainian officials said. Meanwhile Russian missile hits torched a grocery store in the Black Sea city of Odesa and explosions were reported in several other Ukrainian regions.

“Russia is intensifying shelling on Bakhmut in hopes of seizing it by Tuesday,” said the top Ukrainian general in charge of the defense of the besieged city.

Three people were injured in the explosion in the Solomyanskyi district of Kiev and two others were injured when the drone debris fell into the Sviatoshyn district. “Both are west of the center of the capital,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on his Telegram message channel.

Meanwhile the military administration of Kiev said that debris from the drone fell on the runway of Zhuliany airport, one of the two passenger airports of the Ukrainian capital. The incident did not start a fire, but emergency services were working on the scene.

It also said that in the Shevchenkivskyi district, downtown Kiev, the debris of the drone appeared to have hit a two-storey building, causing damage. There was no immediate information about potential victims.