The number of regions of Ukraine where the air raid alert has been declared has increased. This follows from the data of the official warning resource as of 14.30 Moscow time

At present, an air alert has been announced in the Poltava and Sumy regions. Earlier that day, sirens sounded in Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk regions.

A day earlier, an air raid alert was announced throughout Ukraine. Later, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the goal of the Russian strike on the infrastructure of Ukraine had been achieved, all 17 designated objects had been hit.

After that, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba called for an increase in arms supplies to Kyiv.

For its part, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal announced damage to energy facilities in the Kyiv, Vinnitsa and Odessa regions.

Russian troops began to strike on the objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine and related energy facilities from October 10. As Russian President Vladimir Putin explained, this was a response to the terrorist actions of the Kyiv regime, in particular on the Crimean bridge.

On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to protect Donbass. The decision was made against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the region as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian military. Izvestia.