Kiev: ‘A Russian bomber shot down. For the first time since the invasion began. Moscow denies: ‘Technical failure’ – News

Ukraine said its forces had shot down a long-range bomber used to launch cruise missiles at cities in the war-torn country for the first time since the Russian invasion. “For the first time, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, in cooperation with the defense intelligence of Ukraine, destroyed a Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber,” the Kiev military announced in a statement.

But Moscow denies it. The Russian Defense Ministry said today that one of its long-range bombers, a Tupolev Tu-22M3, crashed in Russia’s Stavropol region due to a technical failure, adding that one of four members of the force lost his life in the accident. ‘crew. Interfax reports it. Previously the Kiev army had announced that it had shot down – for the first time since the beginning of the war – a Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber used to launch cruise missiles against the country’s cities.

Russian missiles on Dnipro, Zelensky: ‘A residential building destroyed’

At least two people were killed and 15 injured last night following a Russian missile attack on the city of Dnipro, in central-eastern Ukraine, the head of the military administration of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhi Lysak, announced. , as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. One of the victims is an eight-year-old boy.

“Rescue operations are underway in Dnipro after the Russian attack. Several floors of an ordinary residential building were destroyed and the railway station was damaged. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Kryvyi Rih and Synelnykove were also hit. All injured they were rescued. Unfortunately there are also deaths. My condolences to the families and friends”: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram, commenting on the Russian missile attack on the city of Dnipro.

Zelensky, ‘defeating Russian terror is a global necessity’

“We must defeat Russian terror. This is a necessity not only for our country, not only for Ukrainians, but it is a global necessity”: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram. “Russia must answer for its terror and every missile, every shahed must be shot down. The world can guarantee this, our partners have the necessary capabilities. This has been proven in the skies of the Middle East and it should work even in the skies of Europe”, adds Zelensky. “Every country that supplies air defense systems to Ukraine, every leader that helps convince our partners that air defense systems should be deployed in cities and communities under attack by terrorists, and all those who support our defense , they are savers of human lives”, comments the Ukrainian leader.

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