Киев хот болон бусад бүс нутагт ОХУ-ын хийсэн баллистик пуужингийн дайралтад олон хүн өртөж, Украйны агаарын довтолгооноос хамгаалах системийн хүрэлцээгүй байдал дахин хурцаар тавигдлаа.
Ням гарагт ОХУ 41 төрлийн пуужин ашиглан Киев хот болон бусад дүүрэгт цохилт өгсний улмаас орон сууц, агуулах, супермаркет зэрэг дэд бүтэц сүйджээ. Украйны агаарын цэргийн хүчин 18 пуужин болон 125 дроны 108-ыг нь устгаснаа мэдээлсэн бол Харьков хотын ойролцоох шуудангийн агуулах руу хийсэн халдлагын улмаас дөрвөн хүн амь үрэгдэж, 19 хүн шархадсан байна. ОХУ-ын Батлан хамгаалах яам энэхүү ажиллагааг Украйны дрон болон пуужин үйлдвэрлэх үйлдвэрүүд, цэргийн зориулалттай объектуудыг онилсон гэж тайлбарлав.
Украйны Ерөнхийлөгч Владимир Зеленский баллистик пуужингаас хамгаалах Patriot зенит пуужингийн системийн хүрэлцээ хамгийн чухал асуудал болоод байгааг онцолжээ. АНУ-ын тал Patriot пуужин үйлдвэрлэх тусгай зөвшөөрлийг Украйнд олгох улс төрийн тохиролцоонд хүрсэн бөгөөд энэ оны сүүлээр үйлдвэрлэл эхлэх төлөвтэй байна. Гэсэн хэдий ч үйлдвэрлэлийн бүрэн хүчин чадалд хүрэхэд хэдэн жил шаардагдах тул ойрын хугацаанд нэмэлт хамгаалалтын систем нэн шаардлагатай байгааг албаныхан тэмдэглэв.
Үүний зэрэгцээ, Хар тэнгис дэх ОХУ-ын газрын тосны терминал руу хийсэн халдлагын улмаас “Caspian Pipeline Consortium” (CPC) шугам хоолойн тээвэрлэлт зогссон байна. Энэхүү шугам нь Казахстаны газрын тосны экспортын 80 орчим хувийг дамжуулдаг бөгөөд талууд сүүлийн долоо хоногт Хар болон Азовын тэнгис дэх хөлөг онгоцуудыг онилсон цэргийн ажиллагаагаа эрчимжүүлээд байгаа юм.
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Russia battered Ukraine with one of its biggest ballistic missile barrages of the war on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens – and again highlighting Kyiv’s shortage of US-made Patriot air defence systems.
Moscow has stepped up its use of ballistic missiles as it seeks to choke off Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities deep inside Russia that have caused critical fuel shortages affecting both the military and the civilian population.
Donald Trump has said he is prepared to grant Ukraine licenses to produce Patriots, the most effective means of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles, potentially bolstering Kyiv’s defenses. However, the details and timeline remain unclear, and full production could take years.
The latest attack on Kyiv began at around 1:30 am and continued for several hours, with explosions echoing across the city.
It involved 41 missiles of various types, Ukraine’s air force said, ravaging buildings across several districts and sparking fires. Residential buildings, warehouses, a supermarket and a dormitory were among the structures damaged, said the capital’s mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Separately, four people were killed and 19 wounded in a strike on a postal depot outside the northeastern city of Kharkiv near the Russian border.
Ukraine’s military said it had shot down 18 missiles, and 108 out of 125 drones.
Last week, Zelensky said the US and Ukraine have reached a political agreement on licences to make Patriot interceptor missiles. He added that he hoped production could begin by the end of the year.
But the mounting Russian attacks in the fifth year of Moscow’s full-scale war are heaping pressure on Kyiv’s foreign partners to accelerate supply of anti-ballistic defences. “Protection against ballistic missiles is our constant and top priority right now,” Zelensky said on Sunday. “Interceptors are needed every day.”
In western Kyiv, emergency workers picked through smouldering debris and doused bombed-out apartments.
A resident who identified himself as Vlad told Reuters he had been inside his apartment when a blast tore off his balcony door, which smashed him in the head.
“My grandmother lives with me, and she can’t walk. How could I run away and leave her behind?” he said.
Closer to the city centre, the strikes damaged a frequently targeted metro station and destroyed an underground pedestrian passage nearby, leaving a pile of rubble.
Russian forces also struck a rehabilitation centre in the neighbouring region of Sumy, said acting foreign minister Andrii Sybiha. In the regional capital, one person was killed in a guided-bomb attack.
Later on Sunday, workers cleared rubble from around the damaged Kyiv metro station and caved-in underpass as passersby looked on, seemingly unfazed.
Fruit vendors resumed business as usual in their makeshift stalls as an excavator poured debris into a dump truck in the background. “Kyiv will flourish,” said Iryna Lomeyko, 68, hinting at the stubborn normality of a neighbourhood that has been heavily damaged by repeated Russian strikes.
“Those idiots destroy everything, but we’ll repair it and build anew,” she added.
Russia’s defense ministry claimed the attack on Kyiv targeted sites linked to the Ukrainian military — including plants producing Flamingo drones and parts for Neptune guided missiles, as well as a postal terminal used for storing dual-use goods and assembling drones, robotic systems and electronic warfare equipment.
Separately, a strike on two oil tankers at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal off Russia’s Black Sea halted oil loadings at the site.
Both Russia and Ukraine have sharply ramped up strikes on ships in the Black and Azov seas over the past week. Ukraine says it targets Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, which ships oil in violation of international sanctions.
The CPC is a 940-mile oil pipeline connecting Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea oil deposits with Novorossiysk, where the oil is loaded and shipped by tanker to world markets. The pipeline accounts for about 80% of oil-rich Kazakhstan’s crude exports, with the Russian government and Russian state oil firms holding a combined 31% stake in the enterprise.
Reuters and Associated Press contributed to this report
