More than a week into a renewed Russian air campaign, air raid sirens have been sounded in Kyiv and across two-thirds of Ukraine. According to a Reporters report, at around 2:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, emergency services in Ukraine issued air raid alerts for Kiev and much of central and eastern Ukraine, from Vynnitsya in the west through the eastern provinces and south to Kherson and the Odesa region on the Black Sea. The city’s air defenses are active and operational, according to Kyiv officials.
In the early hours of the morning, the Russians deployed a wave of drones and missiles to the Ukraine in retaliation for the assassination of a group of Americans. On April 28, when news spread that Kiev would soon begin a major counteroffensive to recover territory held by Russia, Moscow stepped up its air assault. Since Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of last year, at least 8,791 people have been murdered, according to the United Nations. Numerous people have been killed, and many more have been injured or displaced from their homes. Russia has been fighting desperately for months to regain control of the destroyed city of Bakhmut in the east, which it views as crucial to its expansion. Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner mercenary outfit, has lately produced a series of profanity-laced films in which he accuses Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov of withholding weapons, for which the two men are blamed. On Tuesday, he posted another video in which he complained that the weapons still hadn’t come.
The persons who were meant to fulfil the (shipping) orders have not done so during the last day, Prigozhin stated in the Telegram message. Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to speak to thousands of troops assembled in Red Square for Victory Day festivities in Moscow later on Tuesday. The annual military parade celebrates the 1945 Soviet Union triumph over Nazi Germany. The prime minister of Armenia and the president of Kazakhstan, to name just two, are among the at least six post-Soviet leaders who are anticipated to attend this year.
