Ludmila Zhernovskaya 06:36, 20.06.23
Over Kyiv, air defense systems destroyed two dozen air targets.
On the night of Tuesday, June 20, an air raid alert sounds in a number of regions, Ukrainians were warned about the missile danger .
The official Telegram channel of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine urged residents of Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd and Odesa regions not to ignore the alarm. They also warned about the likelihood of the invaders using shock drones.
Now it has been announced in Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Kherson, Nikolaev, Odesa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Poltava and Sumy regions.
According to Suspіlny , explosions occurred in Zaporozhye. There are no official comments from the authorities yet.
Updated at 01:31: Cherkasy region – missile danger, the threat of using strike UAVs.
Updated at 01:43: Residents of the Vinnitsa region are warned about the missile danger and the threat of attack drones.
Updated at 02:10: End of missile danger in Kharkiv, Poltava and Sumy regions.
Now the threat of strike UAVs in the Kyiv region, they announced an air alert.
Updated at 02:33: In the Poltava and Sumy regions, the threat of the use of shock UAVs.
Updated at 02:45: An alarm was announced in the Chernivtsi and Khmelnytsky regions. The Air Force warns of the threat of drones.
The Office of the President urged not to ignore the alarm and not to stop the work of air defense.
Updated at 03:00: Alarm in the Zhytomyr region, there is a threat of Iranian drones. In Chernivtsi and Khmelnitsky – rocket. Also, the alarm was announced in Kyiv.
Updated at 03:05: The Office of the President urged not to ignore the alarm and not to stop the work of air defense.
Updated at 03:11: Alarm in Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. In Odesa, Kherson and Nikolaev – the end of the threat.
Updated at 03:42: In the Chernihiv region, the threat of using shock UAVs.
Updated at 03:55: Air defense works in Kyiv, according to the KGVA.
Updated at 04:05: In Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya regions – the end of the missile threat, in Rivne and Lviv – the threat of drones.
In the Zaporizhzhya OVA, they told the details of the attack on Zaporozhye and the suburbs. The targets of the occupiers were communications, property and equipment of agricultural and farming, as well as a popular vacation spot. Information about the victims was not received.
Updated at 04:20: Ends sounded in Vinnitsa, Dnepropetrovsk and Kirovograd regions.
Updated at 04:28: Alarms in Volyn and Rivne regions.
Updated at 04:57: Explosions sounded in Lviv, an UNIAN correspondent reports.
Updated at 05:10: Repeated explosions in Lviv, an UNIAN correspondent reports. The head of the OVA, Kozitsky, warns that the threat remains.
Updated at 05:12: The Mayor of Lviv commented on the attack. “You yourself can hear everything well. There are explosions in Lvov and the region. Stay in cover, or at least in the corridor,” he wrote.
Updated at 06:20: According to preliminary data, a hit in a critical infrastructure facility was recorded in Lviv. This was announced by the head of the Lviv OVA Maxim Kozitsky. According to him, as a result of the arrival, people were not injured. “There was a fire. All services are working at the site,” he specified and added that the end of the air raid alarm sounded in the region.
Updated at 6:33 am: Almost two dozen hostile targets were detected and destroyed by air defense forces and means in the airspace around Kyiv, the KMVA reported.
(C)UNIAN 2023
On April 30th this year I wrote :
“Ukraine has many priorities. One of the most pressing must surely be air defence. In the late summer of 2021, the allies were 90% certain that putler was going to unleash huge scale all-out warfare on Ukraine. They knew also that it was going to involve terror on civilians, genocide, torture, rape and mass scale thieving. They could have sent three divisions of mechanized troops, with air cover, yet they did nothing. They could have commenced the construction of a huge integrated air defence system, but they chose not to. They did provide Stingers, Javelins and NLAWS, which helped win the battle of Kyiv. Now the construction of a powerful integrated air defence system must commence. It must be funded by the Budapest signatories, who have avoided honouring their obligations since 2014, and the Franco-German alliance that stitched up Ukraine three times: deliberately blocking Ukraine (and Georgia’s) Nato membership in 2008 and the blatant deception of Minsk 1&2. The allies can recover the $100-200 Bn cost of this project by seizing additional putinazi assets, not the existing ones, which are needed for reconstruction. The Budapest signatories must also fund and provide a viable nuclear deterrent for Ukraine; probably another $200 Bn. But it’s got to be done. Even if RuSSia somehow becomes a democracy (about as likely as an alien spacecraft landing on the WH lawn next week), who’s to say that another nazi freak monster like putler couldn’t again take power? It would appear that RuZZians are such backward degenerates that only being ruled by a murderous, hateful dictator keeps them happy.”
Air defence does seem to be getting better, but it’s a slow process.
F16’s obviously are needed right now. Ukraine and the allies should be hiring experienced pilots from wherever right now, as well as building the necessary logistics support.