NATO fight jets raced to respond to a series of Russian bombardments targeting Ukrainian power stations. The attacks hit power plants in western Ukraine that left many without power....CONTINUE READING
Power stations in theStryi, Lviv region, and Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region, both in the direction of Poland, an EU and NATO member. While Ukraine is not a NATO member, the defence pact states if any country part of the alliance is attacked it will consider it an attack on all, prompting a military response.
“We warn you that Polish and Allied aircraft have been activated in the Polish airspace,” said Operational Command of Poland’s Armed Forces. “Intensive long-range aviation activity of the Russian Federation is being observed.”
Some 99 missiles and kamikaze drones were launched during the onslaught. An estimated 58 were understood to have been shot down by Ukrainian forces, including four Iskander-M missiles, but there was still significant damage.
Generating facilities were hit as well at the Kryvvi Rih Thermal Power Plant in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s home region of the same name. Gas storage facilities were also struck the in Lviv region.
While the attack took place on Easter Friday in the UK, Ukrainians celebrate it on May as it follows the Julian calendar like many other Orthodox Christian countries.
