The Ukrainian army said, on Wednesday, that Russian warships bombed 4 villages near Odessa, in the southwest of the country. He pointed out that Russian forces continue to target the infrastructure of the capital, Kyiv.
With the entry of the 21st day of Russian military operation in UkraineOn Wednesday, pictures from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv showed thick smoke rising from areas in the heart of the capital. A journalist in Ukraine told Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath that Kyiv was subjected to a missile attack in the early hours of the morning, noting that the roads in Kyiv had become more like a military barracks.
For its part, the Ukrainian General Staff stated that Kyiv forces shot down 3 fighters and 3 Russian drones within 24 hours, and targeted gatherings of Russian forces in some southern regions, stressing that the Russian forces suffered heavy losses and retreated in separate directions.
On the other hand, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the downing of 3 Ukrainian fighters and 4 marches, and the destruction of 128 Ukrainian military facilities within 24 hours. It confirmed the destruction of more than 1,350 tanks and 111 fighters in Ukraine since the start of the war.
A senior official in the US Department of Defense announced that the Russian forces are at a distance of 15 to 20 km from the center of the capital, Kyiv, to the northwest.
He also confirmed that Russia has so far fired 950 missiles at Ukraine, adding that the Russian convoy near Kyiv is still stuck, and is not advancing, despite the Ukrainian capital being subjected to more bombardments.
The US Defense Department official also said the US has delivered military aid to Ukraine over the past 24 hours.
A video clip, published by the International Committee of the Red Cross, showed several trucks leaving the city of Debrecen, Hungary, and arriving at the Ukrainian border crossing point for Syrit, Romania, carrying aid into Ukraine.
Today, Wednesday, Vadim Denisenko, a consultant in the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, said that regarding 20,000 civilians were able to leave the besieged port city of Mariupol so far in private cars.
Meanwhile, the emergency service in the eastern sector of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region said that at least 500 residents of the city of Kharkiv have been killed since the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine on February 24. The Ukrainian authorities also confirmed the killing of 103 children since the start of Russian military operations.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry published a video, which it said was of bombing operations that targeted Russian targets, without specifying their location.
On the other hand, Russia said that Its forces took full control of the southern Kherson region.
In a new statistic, the number of confirmed civilian deaths in Ukraine reached 691 dead and 1,143 wounded, according to the United Nations Human Rights Office, adding that the real numbers may well exceed these numbers.
Kyiv had imposed a curfew for 35 hours, following heavy shelling that killed 5 people, while the Ukrainian authorities announced that 19 people had been killed in a raid on a TV tower in Raven.
A 15-storey apartment building in western Kyiv was subjected to an air strike as the continuous Russian bombing of Ukraine approached the center of the capital, and thick plumes of smoke rose from the building, while firefighters made a great effort to put out the fire.
A spokesman for the Kyiv fire department said at least two people had died and 74 had been rescued.