Item 1 of 10 Rescuers stand at the site of a Russian missile attack during Russia's invasion of Ukraine on August 27, 2024, in Krivy Rih, Ukraine. REUTERS/Stringer
KYIV, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Russia launched a series of missile and drone strikes that hit several regions of Ukraine and killed at least four people, Ukraine's military said on Tuesday, prompting its Moscow neighbor One day after the largest air raid of the war.
The region's military administration said on Telegram that air defense systems in the Kiev region were deployed several times overnight to repel missiles and drones targeting the Ukrainian capital.
Reuters witnesses reported at least three rounds of explosions in Kiev overnight.
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said in a note late Monday that Moscow “likely lacks the defense industrial capacity to sustain regular attacks on such a large scale. could.”
Several Russian military bloggers, such as the pro-war collective Ryber, called Moscow's attacks “retaliation” for Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russian territory — the first such action since World War II.
The scale of Tuesday's attacks and their full impact were not immediately known, but Ukraine's air force said it had intercepted the launch of several groups of drones and Russian Tu-85 strategic bombers and MiG-31 supersonic interceptors. Recorded take-offs from airfields. Airplane
Reuters could not independently verify these reports. There was no immediate comment from Russia.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its strikes on Monday hit “all designated targets” in Ukraine's vital energy infrastructure.
Kryvyi Rih, Kyiv and parts of central and eastern Ukraine were under an airstrike alert for most of the night starting at around 2000 GMT on Monday.
Two civilians may still be under the rubble of a hotel in Kriviyreh and five were injured in the attack, Dnipropetrovsk region governor Serhiy Lesak said on Telegram.
He added that six shops, four high-rise buildings and eight cars were also damaged there.
In Zaporizhzhia, two people were killed and four injured overnight, Zaporizhzhia region governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram.
“The overnight attack on Zaporizhzhia by witnesses has such consequences,” Fedorov said, referring to the Iranian-made kamikaze drones that Kiev says Russia uses in its attacks.
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Reporting by Valentin Ogerenko, Gleb Garanich and Oleksandr Kozukhar in Kyiv; Written by Lydia Kelly in Melbourne; Edited by Stephen Coates and Lincoln Fest.
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