And while the Ukrainian military confirmed its success in shooting down 52 of 54 Russian drones in several recent attacks, Kiev Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko announced that air defenses shot down “more than 20 drones heading towards the city “.
A Russian bombardment was described by one military expert as an important step in eliminating the so-called counterattack, while another described it as a message sent to the West after rumors of the supply to the Ukraine’s F-16 fighters, during their statements to Sky News Arabia.
Return bombardment of the capital
Coinciding with its preparations to celebrate the anniversary of its founding, Ukraine announced its response on Saturday evening to a series of airstrikes with marches targeting the capital, Kiev, and the attack continued in the form of a series of waves with large numbers of steps.
Here, Oleg Artyovsk, a researcher in international affairs at the military institution “Volsk”, claims that the bombardment of the capital, Kiev, is not a coincidence, as the Ukrainian regime tries to present it, but rather ammunition dumps and fuel and areas of logistics intelligence support is targeted in Kiev.
Oleg Artyovsk explains, during his statements to “Sky News Arabia”, that the intensive targeting of the capital contributes greatly to disrupting Ukraine’s preparations for what it calls a counterattack, especially in light of the generous support in equipment and weapons from the West to the West. last.
The intensive targeting of the capital, Kiev, also came after statements in which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Germany, Finland, Canada and Iceland as Kiev’s allies after delivering new shipments. arms to his country, and Zelenskyy stressed that the support would strengthen air defense. and all defensive capabilities against Russian invasion.
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned the West against ‘playing with fire’ if it supplies Ukraine with F-16 fighters, outlining plans to supply Kiev with the type of hunters as an unacceptable escalation. In light of the mutual bombings, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Sunday evening that Russian air defense systems shot down 3 “Storm Shadow” missiles in one day.
Kiev Evacuation
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that it had repelled more than 21 Russian attacks in the past 24 hours; Sergey Popko, head of the military administration in Kiev, said preliminary information indicated the airstrike was the biggest drone attack on Kiev since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.
Here, Musiyenko Matuzov, a military specialist at the Ukrainian National Institute of Studies, says that Moscow’s main objective in the successive bombings of Kiev is to exhaust Ukraine’s air capabilities and missiles and air defense systems. that she got.
Musienko-Matuzov, in his statements to “Sky News Arabia”, refers to another objective of Moscow which is repeated from time to time, which is to destroy all infrastructure in the capital and to blow up any attempt to restore or restoration of this structure.
Musiyenko-Matuzov confirms that the recent Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital violates all international norms and conventions as it directly targeted civilians, but it proved the silence of our forces, which destroyed nearly 40 targets, according to the ministry statement of the defense.
The military specialist of the Ukrainian National Institute of Studies explains that the recent targeting of Moscow was also intended to buy time on the Bakhmut front and to tidy up its ranks within the framework of a Ukrainian mobilization which took place there to try to restore the eastern outskirts of the city, which witnessed bloody battles.
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