By Pavel Polityuk
KIEV (Reuters) – No Russian missiles reached Ukraine on Monday after the air pressure put the nation on alert, reporting that giant numbers of bombers had been taking off from Russian territory for the primary time in additional than two months.
In anticipation of what the navy anticipated to be a large-scale assault, Ukraine launched pre-emptive energy blackouts and urged folks throughout the nation to hunt refuge.
“The air alert is linked to the launch of cruise missiles by Tu-95MS strategic bombers,” the air pressure mentioned on its Telegram channels.
But at 06.30 GMT the missiles had not but arrived. According to some Ukrainian navy bloggers, Russian bombers carried out flights imitating missile launches.
Several areas and components of Kiev had been with out electrical energy and social media footage confirmed plenty of individuals gathered within the metropolis’s subway stations, which have served as bomb shelters since Russia’s battle in Ukraine started in February 2022.
At 0630 GMT, nevertheless, Ukraine was nonetheless beneath air alert.
On August 26, Russia attacked Ukraine with greater than 200 drones and missiles, killing seven folks and hitting power services nationwide, in what Kiev referred to as “essentially the most large assault” of the battle.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Sergiy Karazy and Gleb Garanich and Olena Hermash in Kiev; Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Sonali Paul and Kim Coghill)
