Northern Ukraine pummeled with two dozen missiles on Statehood Day

Some two dozen missiles rained down in northern Ukraine Thursday, hitting areas near Kyiv after rockets were fired from Russia, the Black Sea and Belarus.

An official from the Ukrainian air force told Ukrainian news outlet Pravda that its defense system was not able to strike down any of the roughly 20 missiles before they made contact with their targets, though there are not believed to be any causalities.

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Kalibr cruise missiles were fired from the Black Sea, X-22 missiles from Tu-22m3 long-range bombers were fired from a Russian airfield roughly 160 miles from Ukraine’s border and short range Iskander ballistic missiles were fired from the Gomel region in Belarus.

The official did not confirm who was responsible for the missile fire from Belarus but comes as concerns mount over the former Soviet nation ordering troops into Ukraine in support of Russia.

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Earlier this month, Belarus ordered military drills to be carried out in the Gomel region, and it began distributing summons to men and women for “mobilization exercises” last month.

Thursday’s missile strikes come as Ukraine celebrates Statehood Day for the first time after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy created the national holiday last year.

The day marks the death of Kyiv’s Prince Volodymyr the Great in 1015, which Zelenskyy said in August 2021 signified the “christening” of Ukraine.

Though the holiday has been celebrated in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine since 2010, Russia renewed its threat on the capital city in a series of strikes Zelenskyy called “missile terror.”

“Restless morning. Again – missile terror,” he said in a Telegram post. “We will not give up. Do not intimidate us.

“Ukraine is an independent, free, indivisible state. And it will always be like that,” he added.

Some two dozen missiles rained down in northern Ukraine Thursday, hitting areas near Kyiv after rockets were fired from Russia, the Black Sea and Belarus.

An official from the Ukrainian air force told Ukrainian news outlet Pravda that its defense system was not able to strike down any of the roughly 20 missiles before they made contact with their targets, though there are not believed to be any causalities.

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Kalibr cruise missiles were fired from the Black Sea, X-22 missiles from Tu-22m3 long-range bombers were fired from a Russian airfield roughly 160 miles from Ukraine’s border and short range Iskander ballistic missiles were fired from the Gomel region in Belarus.

The official did not confirm who was responsible for the missile fire from Belarus but comes as concerns mount over the former Soviet nation ordering troops into Ukraine in support of Russia.

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Earlier this month, Belarus ordered military drills to be carried out in the Gomel region, and it began distributing summons to men and women for “mobilization exercises” last month.

Thursday’s missile strikes come as Ukraine celebrates Statehood Day for the first time after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy created the national holiday last year.

The day marks the death of Kyiv’s Prince Volodymyr the Great in 1015, which Zelenskyy said in August 2021 signified the “christening” of Ukraine.

Though the holiday has been celebrated in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine since 2010, Russia renewed its threat on the capital city in a series of strikes Zelenskyy called “missile terror.”

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“Restless morning. Again – missile terror,” he said in a Telegram post. “We will not give up. Do not intimidate us.

“Ukraine is an independent, free, indivisible state. And it will always be like that,” he added.