Russia bombs western Ukraine, which responds with attacks on strategic points

The Russian Army carried out a massive attack on targets in western Ukraine on Sunday, which responded with attacks on the supply routes of Russian forces in the annexed regions of Kherson and Crimea, in the south of the country.

“The Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive strike with high-precision, long-range airborne and naval weapons against Ukrainian Army airbases in the towns of Starokonstantiniv in the Khmelnitsk region and Dubno in Rivna,” Igor Konashenkov said. , spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry.

According to the military spokesman, the attack achieved its purpose and “all the intended targets were hit.”

Deep attacks on Ukraine

The Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelensky, denounced that these attacks were aimed at the Zaporizhia 'Motor Sich' factory, which produced engines for combat aircraft for the Ukrainian Air Force, including drones, and others, without specifying, in the region of Khmelintsk.

Zelensky pointed out that this will not lead Russia to victory because “we will in any case defend the freedom of Ukraine, of all our people. Russia will not be able to supplant international law with terror.”

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that there were several waves of attacks with “Iranian Shahed-136/131 air- and naval-site missiles and assault drones.”

During the first wave of the Russian attack, 14 Kalibr naval-based missiles were launched, twelve of which were shot down, and three Kinzhal missiles, the destination of which was not specified by the Ukrainian side.

Subsequently, Russia again launched drones and Kalibr missiles from the south, to which were added X-101/X-555 cruise missiles “launched by Tu-95M strategic aircraft from the Caspian Sea.”

According to the Ukrainian Air Force all the drones were shot down, as were five of the six Kalibr missiles and 13 of the 20 X-101/X-555 missiles.

“In total the enemy launched 70 aerial shells,” the Ukrainian side said.

Bloody bombing of Russia

In addition, Kiev denounced a Russian bomb attack directed against a blood bank in the Kharkov region, in the east of the country, as a result of which two people died and four others were injured.

“The Russians launched a bomb directed at a building in the town of Kruglákivka, in the Kupiansk district, and a big fire broke out,” reported the head of the Kharkiv military administration, Oleg Sinegubov, quoted by UNIAN.

The Russian forces that resist the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the southern sector of the front have taken the opportunity to advance into the Kharkov region, where the day before they claimed to have taken a town.

Answers from Ukraine

The Ukrainian Army responded by launching several missiles on Sunday against the Chongar bridge, one of those that connects the annexed Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Crimea.

“The enemy carried out a missile attack in the vicinity of the Chongar bridge in northern Crimea,” Crimean leader Sergei Axionov said on Telegram.

According to the pro-Russian representative, “part of the missiles was shot down, but one hit the target. There is damage to the pavement of the automobile bridge, the repairs have already begun. There are no victims.”

For his part, the acting governor imposed by Russia in Kherson, Vladimir Saldo, said the attack was carried out with British Storm Shadow missiles.

This is the second attack against this bridge after the one perpetrated on June 22, and is intended to hinder the transit of Russian troops from the Crimean peninsula to eastern Ukraine.

In addition, Ukraine launched another drone in the direction of Moscow, which was shot down by Russian anti-aircraft defense in the Podolsk district, less than 20 kilometers south of the Russian capital, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Ukraine has attacked buildings in Moskva City, the financial heart of Moscow, with aerial drones in recent weeks, calling into question Russia's anti-aircraft security.