Russia fired missiles at many areas across Ukraine

CNN quoted an adviser to the Interior Ministry of Ukraine as saying that the country’s air defense forces shot down two Russian missiles flying over the southwestern city of Vinnytsia.

Serhiy Borzov, head of the military junta in Vinnytsia, said that the two loud explosions heard by city residents were from the operation of the local air defense system. Authorities are searching for debris from the rocket.

Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Interior Ministry of Ukraine, added that the country’s air defense forces also successfully destroyed another cruise missile “flying towards the capital Kiev” in the Odesa highway area.

According to the mayor of Dolynska, a town in the Kirovohrad region of central Ukraine, this area also received “Russian missile rain”. However, he did not provide more details about the incident.

Farther west, near the border with Slovakia, Viktor Mykyta, the head of the military junta in Zakarpattia, announced that Russian forces had carried out a missile raid on the mountainous region. “We are verifying information on victims and possibly injuries,” Mr Mykyta said.

Observers said that many of the targets hit on May 3 seemed to be related to the transportation of Western aid supplies into Ukraine. Moscow has threatened to attack these weapons shipments and their shipping routes.

In the western city of Lviv, witnesses said they heard several loud explosions from all directions east, south and west of the central area at 8:30 p.m. on May 3. According to the Ukrainian railway company, many trains here have had to stop working because of Russia’s bombardment of railway substations.

Market Andrii Sadovyi reported that many areas in Lviv were without power because the substations were severely damaged afterwards. “Everyone please stay in your shelters,” Sadovyi wrote on Telegram.

According to Oleksandr Kamyshin, chairman of Ukraine’s railway network, Russian missiles hit six locations along train lines in the central and western part of the country during the evening. However, there have been no reports of any injuries to passengers or railway staff. At least 14 passenger trains have been delayed and the damage to infrastructure has been severe.

In a separate statement, Ukraine’s National Border Service said a border area in the northeastern region of Sumy was also bombarded by Moscow forces with mortars and multiple rocket launchers. Authorities did not release damage statistics in the incident.

On the same day, army Russia restored attacks on the Azovstal steel plant, the last bastion of Ukrainian forces in the port city of Mariupol, in the southern Eastern European country. Videos circulating on social media showed black smoke billowing from the factory.

Russian media quoted the representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic in eastern Ukraine as accusing government troops and members of the far-right Azov regiment of taking advantage of the ceasefire in Azovstal to open fire on positions of the forces. amount of Moscow. However, Ukrainian media denied this information, and accused the Russians of shelling and bombing all night to find their way inside the factory.

Sviatoslav Palamar, commander of the Azov regiment inside the compound, confirmed they were being ambushed. The field hospital in the area was badly damaged and “doctors are performing the surgery in extremely difficult conditions and have to do everything they can”.

According to Palamar, about 200 civilians, including 20 children, are still trapped in the factory. Before that, on May 1, about 100 civilians were able to leave this place thanks to an evacuation process organized by the United Nations and the international Red Cross organization. However, there have been no new evacuations since then.

In a recent speech, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed, so far, 156 people have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant and safely arrived in Zaporizhzhia on May 3.

Army Ukraine described the Russian attack as “violent” and supported by tanks and armored vehicles.

Tuan Anh

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