“According to the Armed Forces, the main direction of the Russian attack is Lviv region, Ternopil region, and Kharkiv region”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the Armed Forces, the main direction of the Russian attack is Lviv region, Ternopil region, and Kharkiv region.
The Ukrainian military recorded the hits of 7 missiles and 34 strike UAVs at 14 locations and the fall of downed (debris) at 6 locations. The attack continues, as several Russian UAVs are in the airspace.
As reported by the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on the night of November 19, the enemy launched a combined attack on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine using 476 attack UAVs and 48 air and ground-based missiles, namely:
• 476 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerber type (unmanned aerial vehicles of other types) from the directions of Shatalovo, Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – RF, Gvardiyske – TOT of the Republic of Crimea (about 300 of them – “Shahedy”);
• 40 Kh-101 cruise missiles (launch areas: Vologda, Astrakhan regions of the Russian Federation);
• 7 Kalibr cruise missiles (from the Black Sea area);
• Iskander-M ballistic missile (launch area: Rostov region of the Russian Federation).
On the night of November 19, Ukraine suffered a massive attack by the Russian Federation. According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Lviv Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Prykarpattia, as well as Kyiv Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Dnipro Oblast were under attack. According to Zelenskyi, as a result of the Russian attack, energy, transport, and civil infrastructure were damaged.
As reported by the local authorities, residential buildings have been hit in Ternopil. It is known that 9 people died, 22 more people were injured. Rescuers are sorting through the rubble, under which there may still be people. The energy infrastructure was damaged in Lviv Oblast and Prykarpattia.
The Russian military regularly attacks Ukrainian regions with various types of weapons – attack UAVs, rockets, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles.
The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.
The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes of the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.