Meanwhile, US-made ATACMS missiles launched by Ukraine damaged critical infrastructure and injured several in Russia’s Kursk region.
ADVERTISEMENTRussia launched 188 drones targeting 17 regions in Ukraine in an overnight attack on Tuesday, marking the record number of drones fired by Russia in a single attack, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that while most of the drones were shot down or neutralized, the shelling damaged apartment buildings and critical infrastructure such as the national power grid.
« Nearly two hundred Russian drones against Ukraine in one day – that is nearly two hundred proofs that Russian ambitions are utterly detached from any ideas of real peace, » Zelenskyy said in his daily address on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian president also said that a rescue operation is underway after Russia launched an attack on a service station in Sumy, which killed at least two people. The attack also damanged a residential building and a kindergarten.
Zelenskyy said that Moscow reportedly used a multiple rocket launch system, and that « the only way to defend against such attacks is by destroying Russian weapons and launch systems on Russian territory. »
Earlier in November, Biden authorized the use of US-supplied long-range weapons for Ukraine to strike deeper into Russian territory after North Korean troops were deployed to fight alongside Moscow in their war against Ukraine. On November 19, Kyiv launched its first attack with the US-made Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry made a rare official acknowledgement that the long-range weapons launched by Ukraine damaged infrastructure and injured several servicemen.
They stated that five ATACMS missiles were fired at an air defence missile system in Russia’s Kursk border region on Saturday, of which only three were shot down, injuring servicement and damaging the system’s radar. On Monday, Ukraine launched another ATACMS attack, whereby seven out of eight missiles were shot down. One hit the facility and caused minor damage, and two servicemen were injured.
