The Russian army opposed the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) in the direction of Lisichansk (Donetsk region) and Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih (Kherson region)said the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, quoted by the Russian BBC service.
According to him, the Ukrainian armed forces unsuccessfully attempted to attack near the settlements of Strepovka in the Donetsk region and Bruskinskoye in the Kherson region.
Konashenkov also said so the Russian army has launched new long-range naval and air strikes against Ukrainian military and energy facilities.
“All designated facilities have been hit,” he said.
Previously, the Ukrainian authorities had announced this on the morning of 17 October Kiev was attacked by Russian kamikaze drones, Iranian production. One of them crashed into a multi-storey building. It is well known that at least one person died in the attack. Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastirsky said that “many people have died” in various Ukrainian cities.
Konashenkov did not comment on the allegations of kamikaze drone attacks.
The head of the Ukrainian railways Alexander Kamishin confirmed that there have been strikes area of the central railway station of Kiev. There were no casualties in the impacts in this area, passengers are safe.
This was stated by the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Andriy Yermak the capital was attacked by unmanned kamikaze drones.
According to Ukrainian sources Russia has also bombed other regions of the country, with the exception of the Ukrainian capital Kiev. There have also been reports of explosions from the regions Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa. According to the dpa news agency, Russian military bloggers close to the Kremlin reported the bombings the country’s energy infrastructure.
According to the latest data this morning there were four explosions in the capital Kiev, two of them in the central Shevchensk region. One of the strikes was against a multi-storey residential building.
Train and metro services in the city have not been suspended, but Mayor Vitali Klitschko has warned that parts of the city are closed to vehicular traffic.
