Russian drones attacked Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine, with most drones shot down by Ukrainian air defense. The drones originated from occupied Crimea.
Another restless night in Ukraine. Russian drones attacked the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukrainian media reported. Alarms were also announced in other regions of the country. The Ukrainian army reported that air defense managed to shoot down most of the drones.
According to Ukrainian media, Shahed drones flew into the Kyiv region from southern Ukraine. An air alert was announced in the region. Local authorities appealed to residents to go to shelters.
The previous massive attack on Kyiv took place on February 7. As a result, three people died and 14 were injured.
The oblasts of central Ukraine: Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Cherkasy, as well as those located further south: Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk, as well as the southern oblasts of Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson were also attacked.
The Ukrainian army reported that air defense managed to shoot down 40 of the 45 drones launched by Russia. As reported by the Air Force, the Russians launched drones from occupied Crimea.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, fragments of downed drones caused a fire in which one person was injured, regional authorities reported, quoted by the Ukrinform agency.
The day before, the Russians attacked the city of Kharkiv with drones. One of them hit a fuel depot, and the burning substances caused a fire that spread to 15 buildings.
Seven people died in these attacks, including three children: aged seven and four, and a six-month-old baby.
"Terror cannot remain unpunished. It cannot remain without a fair response. Terrorists should lose the war they started. Russia should answer for every life it ruined and annihilated," commented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"NATO is not seeking war with Russia, but it must be prepared for a possible confrontation with this country that could last even decades," said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview for the German "Welt am Sonntag."
"If Putin wins in Ukraine, there will be no guarantee that he will not attack other countries," warned the head of NATO. In his opinion, the best defense is to support Ukraine and expand the Alliance's potential.
He emphasized that NATO countries must quickly expand their arms industry, increase the production of weapons and ammunition in order to increase their supplies to Ukraine, and replenish their own resources.
NATO Secretary General emphasized that Vladimir Putin is already preparing his country's economy for the needs of a long war. "Therefore we must do more for our security," Stoltenberg added.