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Russian airstrikes hit Kiev again, huge explosions heard

2024-08-27

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According to eyewitnesses and Ukrainian media reports, a huge explosion was heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev in the early morning of August 27 local time. The Ukrainian air defense forces said they were repelling the Russian air strikes on Kiev and that the entire Ukraine was "under the threat of Russian ballistic missile attacks." The Ukrainian Air Force urged people on social media "not to ignore air raid alerts and to seek shelter."

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on August 26, local time, the Russian army "used precision-guided weapons to launch a large-scale attack on key energy facilities supporting the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, and all designated targets were hit." The Russian army also launched attacks on two Ukrainian drone production facilities in the past 24 hours.

On August 26, Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal reported that 15 states suffered a large-scale attack from Russia that day. Shmyhal said that the Russian army used various types of weapons, including drones, cruise missiles and hypersonic missiles. Ukrainian energy infrastructure was the main target of the Russian attack, and energy facilities in many parts of Ukraine were damaged. The Ukrainian State Power Company had to take emergency power outage measures to stabilize the power system.

It was reported that water and electricity supplies were cut off in many places in Kiev on the 26th, and the live news broadcast suddenly went black.

(Yangcheng Evening News•Yangcheng News Comprehensive CCTV News, etc.)