08:32, 24 February 2022 – 112 Ukraine

The aggressor began artillery shelling of the territory and settlements of Ukraine along the state border

In Ukraine, on February 24, Russian troops launched rocket and bomb attacks on Ukrainian airfields in six cities. This was reported by the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

“Today, February 24, at 5:00 am, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation began intense shelling of our units in the east, as well as rocket and bomb attacks on airfields in Boryspil, Ozerne, Kulbakine, Chuguev, Kramatorsk, Chornobaivka, as well as on military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the message said.

The aggressor began artillery shelling of the territory and settlements of Ukraine along the state border.

“The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is repelling the air attack of the invader. The State Defense Forces are in full combat readiness, have taken and hold defensive positions. The situation is under control,” the statement said.

It is also reported that there is destruction in Kyiv region due to Russian shelling. Ammunition caught fire in the village of Vilshanytsia, Bila Tserkva district, the National Guard headquarters in Novyi Petrivtsi caught fire, and 39 state fire and rescue stations were damaged in the village of Mezhyhirya.