The Russians have dropped almost 10,000 anti-aircraft missiles on Ukraine since the beginning of the year

Guided aerial bomb. Photo for illustration

Defense Minister Rustem Umierov said that since the beginning of 2024, the occupying forces of Russia have dropped almost 10,000 guided aerial bombs on the territory of Ukraine.

He wrote about this on Facebook, commenting on the Russian strike on the «Epicenter» in Kharkiv on May 25.

«The hostile attack on the construction hypermarket of the hero city of Kharkiv, carried out on Saturday in broad daylight, when hundreds of people could be there, is nothing but another act of genocide of the Ukrainian people by the Putin regime. This is a deliberate killing of the civilian population. Our country needs more modern air defense systems and aviation. We talk about it with our allies every day and at every opportunity. Since the beginning of the year alone, the enemy has dropped almost 10,000 anti-aircraft missiles on our land,» the post reads.

We will remind, on Saturday, May 25, in Kharkiv, the enemy attacked a construction hypermarket in a residential area of the city. So far, the number of people killed as a result of the strike has increased to 16.