Russia fired more than 100 rockets and 100 Shaheds into Ukraine in one day
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- Olena Kozubovska
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14:40, 26 August, 2024
Consequences of the attack on Lutsk. Photo: DSNSDuring the attack on August 26, Russia launched about 100 rockets and the same number of Shahed missiles on the territory of Ukraine.
This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
«Unfortunately, there are casualties. My condolences to all relatives and friends. There are dozens of injured people — all of them are being provided with the necessary assistance,» the message reads.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy also reported significant damage in the energy sector, but emphasized that repair work is already underway, and electricity will be returned to residents.
«Putin is not lying to himself: he is a sick creature — everyone has understood it for a long time. But it is also clear: he can only do what the world allows him to do. Weakness, inadequacy of decisions in response feeds terror,» he said.
Attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine on August 26
We will remind you that on the morning of August 26, the Russian army launched a missile attack on Ukraine. Explosions rang out in a number of Ukrainian cities: Odesa, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lutsk, Sumy, etc.
In general, as a result of the Russian massive attack on the energy infrastructure, 15 regions of Ukraine were affected.
As a result of the Russian attack on August 26 , three civilians were wounded in the Mykolaiv region.
As reported by the State Emergency Service, as a result of the Russian attack on the territory of Ukraine on August 26, fires broke out in the Mykolaiv region. Due to the fall of the debris of the dry mountains in the Pervomaisk and Mykolaiv districts.
In connection with the morning attack of the Russian Federation and emergency power outages, about 400 invincibility points were activated in the Mykolaiv region.
We will remind that after the morning attack on August 26, the Mykolaivoblenergo utility company was forced to introduce emergency power outage schedules.
Only from 12:00 the emergency shutdown schedules were changed to hourly shutdown schedules.