Both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war are taking hits, as explosions rocked two Russian airbases on Monday and several Ukrainian cities suffered missile damage, the Wall Street Journal reported.
An explosion occurred at a Russian base near Engels, a town in Russia’s Saratov region, and regional governor Roman Busargin said authorities were looking into the matter, according to the Journal. The other explosion occurred when a fuel tanker truck exploded at a Ryazan airfield.
No civilians were injured in the Engels blast, Busargin said, while Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti said at least three people were killed in the Ryazan blast.
Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the blasts, but an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy scoffed at the involvement.
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“The Earth is round – discovery made by Galileo. Astronomy was not studied in the Kremlin, giving preference to court astrologers. If it were, they would know: if something is launched into the airspace of other countries, sooner or later objects unknown flyers will return to starting point,” adviser Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted.
Ukrainian officials have also reportedly alluded to the ability to hit deeper targets in Russia.
In Ukraine, people flooded into bomb shelters, including those set up in the underground transit system, as Russia fired missiles at the country. According to a Zelenskyy aide, two people were killed in the blasts, at least two others were injured and several houses belonging to civilians in the southeastern region of Zaporishshia were vandalized.
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People rest in the metro station being used as a bomb shelter during a rocket attack in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, December 5, 2022. Ukraine’s air force said it shot down more than 60 of the 70 missiles Russia fired. on his last mission. bombing against Ukraine. It was the latest attack as part of Moscow’s newly intensified campaign that has largely targeted Ukraine’s infrastructure and disrupted power, water and heating supplies in the country as winter approaches.
(AP Photo/Andres Kravchenko)
In addition to those attacks, explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital kyiv, and the governor of the southern Mykolaiv region said he saw cruise missiles overhead.
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Andriy Yermak, Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff, reportedly promised in a Telegram post that his country would respond.
“Don’t ignore the alarm, we will fight,” he said.
