{"id":3853,"date":"2023-02-10T14:52:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T14:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:36:26","slug":"ukraine-claims-to-shot-down-61-of-71-rockets-launched-in-latest-russian-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/diplomatic-world\/ukraine-claims-to-shot-down-61-of-71-rockets-launched-in-latest-russian-attack\/2023\/02\/10\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine claims to shot down 71 rockets by latest Russian attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

The<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> Air<\/span> Force<\/span> says<\/span> its<\/span> defence<\/span> systems<\/span> shot<\/span> down<\/span> 61<\/span> of<\/span> 71<\/span> Russian<\/span> missiles<\/span> launched<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> new<\/span> wave<\/span> of<\/span> attacks.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“The<\/span> enemy<\/span> launched<\/span> a<\/span> massive<\/span> missile<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> critical<\/span> infrastructure,”<\/span> the<\/span> air<\/span> force<\/span> said<\/span>\u00a0“61<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> 71<\/span> enemy<\/span> missiles<\/span> were<\/span> destroyed,”<\/span> she<\/span> added.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Italian<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Giorgia<\/span> Meloni<\/span> has<\/span> dismissed<\/span> domestic<\/span> critics<\/span> for<\/span> her<\/span> decision<\/span> to<\/span> continue<\/span> sending<\/span> arms<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> saying<\/span> those<\/span> who<\/span> backed<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> are<\/span> working<\/span> for<\/span> peace.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>She<\/span> added<\/span> that<\/span> she<\/span> hopes<\/span> that<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> coming<\/span> days,<\/span> Italy<\/span> will<\/span> announce<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> is<\/span> ready<\/span> to<\/span> supply<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> with<\/span> her<\/span> SAMP\/T<\/span> missile<\/span> defence<\/span> system<\/span> jointly<\/span> with<\/span> France.<\/span> Romania<\/span> denied<\/span> that<\/span> Russian<\/span> missiles<\/span> flew<\/span> over<\/span> it<\/span> and<\/span> rejected<\/span> Kyiv’s<\/span> claims<\/span> that<\/span> two<\/span> Russian<\/span> missiles<\/span> crossed<\/span> NATO<\/span> airspace<\/span> en<\/span> route<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>DTEK,<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> leading<\/span> power<\/span> generation<\/span> company,<\/span> said<\/span> Friday’s<\/span> Russian<\/span> missile<\/span> strike<\/span> damaged<\/span> its<\/span> four<\/span> thermal<\/span> power<\/span> plants.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Moldova<\/span> has<\/span> announced<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> summon<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> ambassador<\/span> after<\/span> Chisinau<\/span> claimed<\/span> a<\/span> missile<\/span> crossed<\/span> the<\/span> airspace<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> former<\/span> Soviet<\/span> republic.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> President<\/span> Vladimir<\/span> Putin<\/span> is<\/span> scheduled<\/span> to<\/span> deliver<\/span> a<\/span> state<\/span> address<\/span> on<\/span> February<\/span> 21,<\/span> the<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> said.<\/span> This<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> few<\/span> days<\/span> before<\/span> the<\/span> one-year<\/span> anniversary<\/span> of<\/span> Moscow’s<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russia<\/span> has<\/span> launched<\/span> rocket<\/span> and<\/span> drone<\/span> attacks<\/span> on<\/span> power<\/span> plants<\/span> in<\/span> her<\/span> six<\/span> regions<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> forcing<\/span> authorities<\/span> to<\/span> order<\/span> emergency<\/span> blackouts<\/span> in<\/span> most<\/span> countries,<\/span> German<\/span> Energy<\/span> Minister<\/span> Garshchenko<\/span> said.<\/span> Stated.<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> fired<\/span> 10<\/span> Russian<\/span> missiles<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> capital<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> on<\/span> Friday,<\/span> Mayor<\/span> Vitali<\/span> Klitschko<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> forces<\/span> may<\/span> have<\/span> lost<\/span> dozens<\/span> of<\/span> armoured<\/span> vehicles<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> unsuccessful<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> eastern<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Vkhredal,<\/span> British<\/span> intelligence<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Friday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> stronghold<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> strategic<\/span> junction<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Eastern<\/span> and<\/span> Southern<\/span> Fronts,<\/span> her<\/span> Vuhledar<\/span> has<\/span> seen<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> bloodiest<\/span> battles<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> as<\/span> Russia<\/span> continues<\/span> its<\/span> relentless<\/span> assault<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Eastern<\/span> Front.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Ukraine’s<\/span> top<\/span> commander<\/span> said<\/span> two<\/span> Russian<\/span> missiles<\/span> passed<\/span> through<\/span> Romanian<\/span> and<\/span> Moldovan<\/span> airspace<\/span> before<\/span> entering<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> on<\/span> Friday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>An<\/span> aide<\/span> to<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> Volodymyr<\/span> Zelensky<\/span> has<\/span> again<\/span> urged<\/span> Western<\/span> allies<\/span> to<\/span> supply<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> with<\/span> long-range<\/span> missiles<\/span> and<\/span> fighter<\/span> jets<\/span> following<\/span> the<\/span> recent<\/span> spate<\/span> of<\/span> attacks<\/span> by<\/span> Russian<\/span> missiles<\/span> and<\/span> drones.<\/span> A<\/span> mobile<\/span> air<\/span> defence<\/span> team<\/span> that<\/span> intercepts<\/span> Russian<\/span> missiles<\/span> has<\/span> become<\/span> an<\/span> integral<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> war<\/span> effort<\/span> to<\/span> protect<\/span> its<\/span> people<\/span> and<\/span> infrastructure<\/span> from<\/span> attack.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> forces<\/span> launched<\/span> multiple<\/span> strikes<\/span> on<\/span> Zaporizhia’s<\/span> energy<\/span> infrastructure<\/span> early<\/span> Friday<\/span> morning,<\/span> attacking<\/span> critical<\/span> infrastructure<\/span> in<\/span> Kharkiv,<\/span> her<\/span> second-largest<\/span> city<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Zaporizhia<\/span> city<\/span> council<\/span> secretary<\/span> Anatoly<\/span> Krutyev<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> was<\/span> hit<\/span> 17<\/span> times<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> hour,<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> severe<\/span> attack<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> full-scale<\/span> invasion<\/span> began<\/span> in<\/span> February<\/span> 2022.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> Kharkiv,<\/span> authorities<\/span> are<\/span> still<\/span> trying<\/span> to<\/span> obtain<\/span> information<\/span> on<\/span> casualties<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> extent<\/span> of<\/span> the\u00a0destruction,<\/span> with<\/span> Mayor<\/span> Ihor<\/span> Terekhov<\/span> saying<\/span> there<\/span> could<\/span> be<\/span> disruptions<\/span> to<\/span> heating,<\/span> electricity<\/span> and<\/span> water<\/span> supplies.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>French<\/span> President<\/span> Emmanuel<\/span> Macron<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> rule<\/span> out<\/span> sending<\/span> fighter<\/span> jets<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> at<\/span> some<\/span> point<\/span> on<\/span> Friday,<\/span> but<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> has<\/span> announced<\/span> a<\/span> more<\/span> urgent<\/span> military<\/span> force<\/span> as<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> officials<\/span> said<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> Russian<\/span> attack<\/span> was<\/span> underway.<\/span> Said<\/span> he<\/span> needed<\/span> it.<\/span> Some<\/span> French<\/span> lawmakers<\/span> and<\/span> activists<\/span> have<\/span> called<\/span> on<\/span> Macron<\/span> to<\/span> reverse<\/span> Russian<\/span> President<\/span> Vladimir<\/span> Putin’s<\/span> war<\/span> rule.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Macron<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> rule<\/span> out<\/span> the<\/span> possibility<\/span> of<\/span> stripping<\/span> Putin<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> honour<\/span> conferred<\/span> on<\/span> him<\/span> by<\/span> then-President<\/span> Jacques<\/span> Chirac<\/span> in<\/span> 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ukrainian Air Force says its defence systems shot down 61 of 71 Russian missiles launched in the new wave of attacks. “The enemy launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure,” the air force said\u00a0“61 out of 71 enemy missiles were destroyed,” she added. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has dismissed domestic critics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[24,26,276,2480,2482],"tags":[76,132,154,156,170,379,464,496,1047],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/UKRINNEWAR.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3853"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3858,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3853\/revisions\/3858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}