Again, Massive Russian Strikes Hit Ukraine

Russia has launched another wave of strikes against Ukraine, just a day after one of the largest air assaults of the war.

Air raid sirens blared across the country early Tuesday as Ukrainian monitors detected Russian aircraft deploying hypersonic missiles, while reports also emerged of widespread drone attacks.

Ukraine’s air defence forces warned that the entire nation was at risk from a ballistic missile attack.

The Russian defence ministry later confirmed that long-range air and sea-based precision weapons had been used to strike power stations and other infrastructure across Ukraine, including in the capital Kyiv, as well as in the Lviv, Kharkiv, and Odesa regions.

The overnight assault from Sunday to Monday left at least six people dead and dozens more injured, as drones and missiles hit more than half of Ukraine’s regions.

US President Joe Biden condemned the strikes as “outrageous” and reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to supporting Ukraine’s energy grid.

In the same vein, the UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy also denounced Russia’s “cowardly missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure.”

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In the most recent barrage, at least three people have been confirmed dead. In Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, two people were killed when a civilian infrastructure building was struck late Monday. Several others remain missing.

In Zaporizhzhia, regional administration head Ivan Fedorov reported that one man was killed and two others were injured. Local official Yevhen Sytnychenko said the attack damaged houses, shops, and vehicles.

Explosions were also reported in Kyiv, Sumy, Khmelnytsky, and Mykolayiv regions, with Ukrainian forces detecting launches of several Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missiles, which are difficult for air defences to intercept.

These latest attacks are widely seen as an effort by Moscow to reassert control over the conflict, particularly after Ukraine’s recent territorial gains in Russia’s Kursk region.

Since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia has frequently targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, with renewed intensity in recent months causing widespread blackouts across the country.

On Monday, President Zelensky urged Western allies, including the UK, the US, and France, to modify their rules and allow Ukraine to use their weapons for deeper strikes inside Russia.

While Ukraine is currently permitted to use some Western weapons against targets in Russia, it is not allowed to deploy long-range weapons.

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