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Ukrainian authorities issued new air raid alerts across the country on Tuesday as Russian bombers took to the skies, a day after Moscow carried out a massive attack on Ukraine’s power grid. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.

An inversion trail from a fighter bomber marks the sky over Ukrainian positions, in the Donetsk region, on April 13, 2024.An inversion trail from a fighter bomber marks the sky over Ukrainian positions, in the Donetsk region, on April 13, 2024, © Anatolii Stepanov, AFP

Summary:

  • Ukraine’s air force confirmed early Tuesday the “takeoff of several Tu-95MS from the Engels airfield” in western Russia, prompting air raid alerts across the country.
  • At least four more people were killed in overnight Russian attacks, according to local officials, two in southeastern Zaporizhzhia and two in the central city of Kryvyi Rig after a missile struck a hotel. A further two were missing in Kryvyi Rig, “likely under the rubble”, regional governor Sergiy Lysak said in a post on Telegram.
  • UN nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi is to visit Russia’s Kursk nuclear plant on Tuesday to “independently assess” events following Ukraine’s unprecedented cross-border offensive into the Russian region.

 

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Yesterday’s key developments:

  • Russian forces unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on Ukraine on Monday morning, targeting multiple regions across the country. Power and water supplies were disrupted in parts of Kyiv following the attacks, Ukrainian officials said. At least five people were reported killed.
  • Poland said that a drone had likely entered its airspace early on Monday morning during a Russian bombardment of Ukraine, adding that the object may have landed on Polish territory and that searches were underway.
  • The United States voiced outrage Monday at the Russian assault on Ukraine’s power grid and vowed sustained support for Kyiv.
  • Kyiv urged allies to allow long-range strikes in order to “accelerate the end of Russian terror” following Moscow’s massive strike on Ukraine on Monday.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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