Russia’s intelligence agency (FSB) said the strikes with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles were carried out against an electronic espionage center near Kiev and an air base hosting F-16 jets in “retaliation for a provocation” that Moscow said was orchestrated by Ukraine’s intelligence service to seize a Russian Mig-31 and direct it to a NATO base. According to the FSB, cited by the Interfax agency, electronic espionage centers in Brovary, Kiev region, and Starokonstantinov airport, Khmelnitsky region, were attacked.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) allegedly thwarted a Ukrainian military operation that was planning to hijack a Russian MiG-31 equipped with Kinzhal supersonic missiles to carry out a fake attack on NATO’s largest air base. The FSB itself reported this to the Tass office, also talking about British involvement in the operation. “To hijack planes – explains Moscow’s services – Ukraine is ready to recruit Russian pilots by offering them 3 million dollars”.
“Federal security services – explained the press agency quoted by Tass – discovered and thwarted the operation of the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and British inspectors to hijack Russian Mig-31s, equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, and send them abroad.” “For the hijacking, Ukrainian intelligence – continuing the note – tried to recruit Russian pilots, offering them 3 million dollars. The special agency planned to send the jet to the area where NATO’s largest air base is located, in Constanta, Romania, where the jet would then be shot down by air defenses. The measures implemented thwarted the plans of Ukrainian and British intelligence to carry out a large-scale provocation.”
Russia carried out a massive drone attack in the Odessa region. The attack damaged energy and transportation infrastructure and injured one person. Infrastructure in this area currently uses generators. This was revealed by the state emergency services as reported by Ukrainian media.
Following Russian raids on energy supplies in several regions, residents of the Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa regions were without electricity this morning. This was reported by the Ukrenergo press agency. Energy sector operators are making every effort to repair the damage as quickly as possible and restore electricity to all consumers. Scheduled disruptions are expected throughout the day.
The Russians took advantage of bad weather conditions, particularly thick fog, to penetrate Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region. Currently there are more than 300 colonists in the city. This was revealed by the 7th Airborne Assault Corps, reported by Tbc Ukraine. As explained by the Assault Air Force, in the last few days Russian troops have increasingly intensified their efforts to penetrate Pokrovsk using light vehicles. “This reduces our ability to conduct aerial reconnaissance and attack in open terrain,” the command explained.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces had taken control of the entire eastern part of the city of Kupyansk in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. “The assault units of the 6th Army continue to destroy the encircled enemy groupings, the eastern part of the city is completely liberated,” the ministry wrote on its Telegram channel. The Defense Ministry added that another village, Novouspenovskoe, in the Zaporizhzhia region had been captured.
Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the Saratov oil refinery and marine terminal in the Crimean city of Feodosia. This was announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported by Rbc Ukraine. The Saratov plant reportedly produces more than 20 types of petroleum products, including gasoline, fuel oil, diesel fuel, diesel fuel, industrial sulfur and others. The factory also serves the needs of the Russian army. Also affected was the JSC “Marine Oil Terminal” in Feodosia, an important center for the supply of fuels and lubricants by sea.
The Romanian government has reported the presence of “possible drone fragments” on its territory, following a Russian airstrike on the Ukrainian port of Izmail on the Danube yesterday. Romanian authorities were “informed of the impact of an air object on the ground about 5 km south of the border” in the northern region of Tulcea yesterday, the Romanian Ministry of Defense announced in a statement. A warning has been issued to local residents. “A military team went to the location and reported possible drone fragments,” the ministry added, noting that the area had been secured and a search had begun in the morning. Regional emergency services said they received a call reporting a possible falling object, and upon arrival, “firefighters determined that impact with the ground did not cause the fire,” according to a statement.
The Kremlin has announced that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Jomart Tokayev is scheduled for today in Moscow tonight: Russian agencies reported this, citing Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov, according to which Putin may also make an “international telephone call in the afternoon”. “If the Kazakh president deems it necessary to inform our president about the contents of the contacts made in Washington, this will obviously be of great interest to the Russian side,” Peskov told reporters. Last week US President Donald Trump met with Tokayev and the presidents of other Central Asian countries at the White House.
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