Of the 26 missiles launched by Russia on Thursday morning, 13 have been destroyed, including one Iskander ballistic missile and 10 cruise missiles, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
Kyiv officials reported on the morning of February 16 that Russia attacked Ukraine, the capital of Ukraine, in the middle of the night, sending a large number of missiles "from different directions" and issuing a two-hour air raid warning. No injuries and injuries were reported.
At the same time, the mayor of the neighboring Russian region of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, released a message that a Ukrainian missile attack on Ukraine killed five people, one of whom was a small child; There were 18 other people, including five children.
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In his address to the nation on the evening of February 15, Ukrainian Zelensky said he had held a meeting with senior military personnel, manufacturers and intelligence officers to discuss how to respond to a Russian attack.
Zelensky said that at present, about half of the electronic air defense and combat systems in the Ukrainian army are domestically manufactured, so its production capacity must be increased. He singled out the influence of the International Unmanned Driving Consortium, which the Netherlands said on Wednesday they would be a part of.
The news comes two days after the Ukrainian army reported that the Ukrainian army's special operations team hit a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea.
Zelenskyy reacted to the report, saying that the Ukrainian military had strengthened the security of the Black Sea passage, which is an important passage for Ukraine.
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Ukrainian forces have released a document showing that they attacked a huge Russian landing ship on the Black Sea off the coast of Russian-controlled Crimea. In this shaky, blurry video, once in the vicinity of a large ship or at night.
An important intelligence unit of the Kyiv military posted a message on Telegram that they had destroyed the Russian Tsetsa Kunikov with an unmanned aircraft from the sea.
Although the Ukrainian Navy does not have its own ships, since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Kyiv has constantly targeted Russian warships on the Black Sea, and the number of attacks with unmanned ships and missiles has increased. This makes it necessary for the Russian Black Sea Fleet to leave the territorial waters of the Ukrainian side.
There is a possibility that the Russian landing ship Tessa Kunikov will sink to the bottom of the sea.
Meanwhile, according to Roman Stalegram's Google Translate, the Russian iron-rich region of the Kursk region said that Ukrainian drones attacked a local fuel warehouse, causing a fire.
Citing initial information, he said that no one was injured in the accident.
Russia and Ukraine have intensified their attacks on each other's energy infrastructure in recent weeks, escalating the war in the Middle East and causing countries around the world to worry about the world's energy security.
On February 15, British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps made a statement on social media that the United Kingdom and Latvia will jointly provide thousands of drones to Ukraine.
Shapps said"I am very proud to announce that the UK and Latvia will jointly lead an international coalition to build Ukraine's critical drone capabilities. We will give Ukraine enough to defend itself and win this battle, so that Putin's lawless and barbaric ambitions can be dashed. ”
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The meeting of Zelensky of Ukraine and Macron, France.
France and Ukraine will sign a security pact in Paris this Friday, the Elysée Palace said in a statement.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine will visit France and Germany on Friday, his third visit to France since World War II.