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The moment of missile attacks: video of the explosions in Kotovsky, suburbs of Odessa

From Ukrainian social media the rain of Russian missiles in the district of Southern Ukraine: "heard 10 roars"

18/05/2023

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Lightning in the night, in bursts, illuminate the village of Kotovsky, on the outskirts of Odessa, the third city of Ukraine strategic for traffic in the Black Sea. From Ukrainian social media the rain of Russian missiles in the southern district of the country. In total, more than 10 explosions were heard in the city and region.

In the pictures, the moment of missile attacks: video of the explosions.

Tonight rain of missiles also on the capital, several explosions heard, according to Kiev were "shot down all enemy targets on the capital": "The series of air attacks on Kiev continues, unprecedented in power, intensity and variety. The ninth air attack on the capital since the beginning of May! This time the attack was carried out by strategic bombers Tu-95MS, Tu-160 of the Caspian region, probably with cruise missiles of the X-101/555 type. After launching the rockets, the enemy deployed its reconnaissance drones over the capital.

According to preliminary information, all enemy targets in Kiev airspace were detected and destroyed." This was reported on Telegram by the head of the military administration of the Ukrainian capital Serhiy Popko. "Final data on the number, type of missiles and UAVs will soon be announced by the Air Force. The fall of debris had been recorded in the districts Desna and Darnytsia. The greatest damage was recorded in the latter: there was a fire on the territory of the cooperative of a garage. The fire was extinguished. In the rest of the districts debris may have fallen on parked cars, residential areas or areas of forest parks. Information about the victims has not yet been received," Popko added.

Yesterday there was blackout in 4 regions after the bombs
Yesterday four Ukrainian regions had suffered blackouts after the heavy Russian attacks the night before: the country's Energy Ministry had announced. In particular, in the Dnipropetrovsk region (southeast) 6,000 households were left without electricity, while in Donetsk a mine with 30 miners was disconnected from the electricity grid.
"One of the power lines in the Dnipropetrovsk region was cut off due to hostilities - the ministry explained - there was damage that led to the disconnection of more than 6,000 subscribers".
In addition, an airline in the Donetsk region was cut off due to bombing. "As a result, a mine where more than 30 people were located was disconnected," the ministry added. Power outages have also been reported in the Odessa and Sumy regions. Some utilities in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions remain without power due to yesterday's bombings.