A new Russian army offensive on Ukrainian soil. Kyiv authorities reported Russian strikes on several Ukrainian towns on the night of Thursday April 27 to Friday April 28, killing at least ten people in Uman, in the center of the country, where a missile hit a residential building, according to the latest assessment communicated by the Minister of the Interior. Anti-aircraft defense was activated overnight in kyiv.
Another Russian strike on Dnipro, a large city in central eastern Ukraine, killed "a young woman and a three-year-old child," Mayor Borys Filatov said on Telegram. The capital's municipality reported on Telegram the activation of air defense systems in kyiv, calling on residents to stay safe.
In Uman, a city of some 80,000 inhabitants in the center of the country, a video broadcast by Ukrainian media shows a gutted apartment building with numerous rubble on the ground. “An enemy missile hit a residential building. The information about the victims is being clarified,” Zoya Vovk, spokesperson for the regional police, said on Telegram.
According to the Kiev military administration, eleven cruise missiles fired from strategic bombers were shot down in the sky of the capital, as well as two drones, without causing any notable casualties or destruction. In total, the Ukrainian army announced on Telegram on Friday morning that it had shot down "21 X-101/X-555 type cruise missiles out of a total of 23, as well as two drones". The missile attack was launched "around 4 a.m." from Russian Tu-95 type strategic bombers located in the Caspian Sea area, according to the same source.
While Russia regularly bombed Ukrainian cities and infrastructure last winter, massive strikes had become rarer in recent months. Most of the fighting is taking place today in the East for control of the industrial region of Donbass, and in particular in the city of Bakhmout, which was almost completely destroyed.
