Air raid sirens sound in several Ukrainian regions

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
14 Aug 2023 09:36

Russian forces repel five attempts by Ukrainian troops to attack in the Krasnolymanska direction.

A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber (TASS)

Air raid data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation showed that air raid warnings were issued in several regions of Ukraine late on Sunday night.

Air raid sirens sounded in Ukraine’s regions of Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Kharkov, Odessa and Poltava, as well as Kiev-controlled parts of Kherson region, the Ministry’s online map showed.

Shortly after midnight, air raid sirens sounded in the Kiev region of Ukraine, as well as the capital city itself. Air raid warnings were also issued in the regions of Chernihiv and Vinnytsia overnight, as well as Kiev-controlled parts of Zaporozhye region.

According to Ukrainian media reports, blasts were heard in Odessa overnight. Explosions were also reported in the Kiev-controlled parts of Zaporozhye in the early hours of Monday.

Russian Su-34 strike Ukrainian troops in DPR: Russian MoD

In the course of the ongoing war, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson confirmed that Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian Yug Group of Forces have attacked three points of temporary deployment of Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

"Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Yug Group of Forces inflicted damage with guided munitions at two points of temporary deployment of the third separate air assault brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine," the spokesperson told Sputnik.

The spokesperson added that the Russian strike aircraft have also launched a missile and bomb attack on a temporary deployment point and an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian 110th separate mechanized brigade.

Russian forces repel 5 Ukrainian attack attempts

In a related context, the spokesperson also announced that Russian forces have repelled five attempts by Ukrainian troops to attack in the Krasnolymanska direction.

"In the Krasnolymanska direction … units of the Russian [‘Tsentr’] Group [of Forces] repelled five attempts to attack by the assault groups of the 42nd and 67th mechanized brigades of the armed forces of Ukraine, as well as the fifth brigade of the national guard of Ukraine," the spokesperson said.

The Defense Ministry spokesperson highlighted that more than 80 Ukrainian militants were killed, adding that an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored vehicle, and an enemy 120-millimeter mortar were destroyed.

In addition, units of the Russian Tsentr Group of Forces repelled two Ukrainian attack attempts in the Svatove direction, with Ukrainian losses in manpower amounting to 10 military personnel.

"The crews of Su-34 multipurpose fighter-bombers carried out four strikes with guided aerial bombs at three points of temporary deployment and a field ammunition depot [of Ukrainian troops]," the Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.