Following Tanks Announcement, Russia Launches New Salvo of Missiles Against Ukraine

Russian A new wave of drone and missile strikes was launched by the forces against the targets Ukraine’s A day after the U.S., an already damaged energy infrastructure Germany Kyiv will receive tanks.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense stated that Russia had launched 55 missiles. However, they were able only to destroy 47 of them. General Valerii Zaluzhnyi the Commander-in Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that twenty of the missiles fell over Kyiv. According to the General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one person was killed by falling fragments from an intercepted missile in Kyiv. CNN.

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“The main targets were energy facilities to deprive Ukrainians of power and warmth,” Telegram broadcast Denys Shmyhal as the Ukrainian Prime Minister. “The majority of missiles and drones were intercepted by our defenders. Unfortunately, there were hits at substations. Nevertheless the situation in the power grid remains under control. Power engineers are doing everything to provide power supply.”

“Another cruel attack, same strategic failure,” U.S. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink stated on social media. “Waves of Russian drones and missiles can’t stop Ukraine’s heroic defenders, its brave people or our determined, unified support.”

The U.S. and Germany had agreed to supply Ukraine with more than 40 tanks a day earlier. However, they won’t be able to reach the battlefield right away.

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he would send Ukraine 31 M1 Abrams Tanks. This was a policy reversal which broke the impasse between the U.S. government and Germany. Germany’s leaders told the U.S. that they would not give their Leopard tanks to Ukraine unless Biden made an Abrams donation.

According to Boris Pistorious (German Defense Minister), the German Leopard tanks will reach Ukraine by March 31st. The U.S. tanks, however, will take longer to reach the battlefield as the U.S. must procure them from General Dynamics Land Systems. This will use funds from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

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Biden met one of Ukraine’s most pressing requests by meeting with him accusations of escalation Russian officials.

Sergey Nechaev, Russian Ambassador to Germany, called Berlin’s decision not to send tanks to Kiev “a scandalous act.” “highly dangerous,” It was said. “takes the conflict to a new level of confrontation,” Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for the Kremlin, stated that tanks were delivered to him on Thursday. “direct involvement” In the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.