How was Russia’s largest air attack against Ukraine that first hit a government building

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Although most were demolished by anti -aircraft defenses, 54 drones and nine missiles hit objectives in 33 areas of the country. It is the greatest Russian air offensive since the war began in February 2022. The attacks lasted more than seven hours.

The previous major attack was recorded in early July, when Ukraine It was bombarded with 728 drones and 13 missiles that hit cities from all over the country.

This Sunday, Yulia SvyrydenkoPrime Minister of Ukrainereported that the roof and the upper floors of the Cabinet building of ministers They were damaged “due to an enemy attack.”

“We will restore buildings. But we cannot recover lost lives. The enemy terrifies and kills our people every day throughout the country”said Sviridenko.

For his part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrí Sibiga, highlighted in the social network X that “For the first time from the beginning of the war on a large scale, Russia damaged the Ukraine government building in kyiv. Only this already represents a serious escalation”

While the president Volodymyr Zelensky He informed that the massive Russian attack caused four dead and 44 wounded throughout the country.

Among the fatal victims is a baby and a young woman They died after a nine -story residential building was reached in the Svyoshynsky district in kyiv.

Zelensky He added that the bombings caused damage to the cities of Zaporiyia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the regions of Sumy and Cherníhiv.

The Ukrainian president said to trust a “blunt response” of the United States.

“It is important that allies react globally to this attack,” he said.

Precisely this Sunday, the president Donald Trump reacted and said he is willing to impose new sanctions on Russia.

He Russian Ministry of Defense He informed that he used “high precision weapons” and drones To attack assembly and storage sites of drones, military air bases in the center, south and east of Ukraine, an industrial installation and a logistics installation on the outskirts of kyiv. He did not refer to the building of the Cabinet of Ministers.

The massive bombing occurred in the midst of the efforts of Trump for sitting at the negotiating table to Zelensky with Putin.

The spokesman for the main Military Intelligence (GUR) spokesman for Ukraine, Colonel Andriy Yusov, declared on September 5 that Russia can currently produce 2,700 Shahed type attack drones per month and a “significant” not specified amount of lure drones.

An emblematic building

He Cabinet building, ministers, Raised between 1936 and 1938 by the architects Iván Fomín and Pavlo Abrosimov, it is one of the most emblematic and strategic structures of Ukraine.

It is located on the central Hrushevsky street, in the Lypky district – very close to the Supreme Rada and of Mariunsky Palace– And it stands out for its monumental semicircular facade, adorned with columns of cast iron and coated with granite and farmer.

Its central body reaches 10 floors and more than 35 meters highwith side wings of seven to eight plants.

The building is not only the operational heart of the Ukrainian Executive: since 2009 it also houses a museum dedicated to the history of the country’s governments since 1917.

For its political and symbolic burden, Russia’s attack marks a milestone in the war escalation, as this headquarters had never been hit directly.

A synchronized attack

For Andrés Gómez de la Torrespecialist in defense and intelligence issues, It was a synchronized attack that demonstrates the logistics capacity of the Russiansthat with this type of actions they want to highlight that they are willing to continue with this war of wear they have raised, because throughout history they have shown that they are able to resist.

“We must highlight the ability to use latest generation missiles, drones and synchronization to give good blows”said Gómez de la Torre to Commerce.

He stressed that the Russians continue to launch Shahed suicide drones of Iranian originsomething that He confirms that although Iran has been militarily beaten by Israel and the United States, it still has a strong relationship with the Russians.

“It is a sophisticated attack in terms of fire powerand this also in one way or another provides a reading in the sense that The logistics variable of the Russians is perfectly maintained and with a growing power ”, He stressed.

“Putin is emboldened because he has managed his foreign and security policy in a way that has contained the impetus of the Trump administration to impose or negotiate peace,” Gómez de la Torre followed.

“Trump thought that with a personal policy I could persuade an agreement that at least leads to a kind of armed peace, but this has not happened. Putin has managed to play his chips and the scenario remains the same, where there is a Russia that continues to play a war of wear that is favorable,” He scored.

Indicated that The strengthening of Ukraine anti -aircraft defense is urgent.

Peace troops

Last week, 26 European countries pledged in Paris to provide security guarantees to Ukraine Once there is a cease-fire or a peace agreement. This through an international troops mission and the strengthening of the Ukrainian army and its anti -aircraft defense.

But Putin immediately ruled out that possibility. “That is one of the original causes of the conflict, the approach of Ukraine to NATO. Therefore, if troops appear there, especially now, during military actions, they will be legitimate objectives.”he warned.

He added that he does not believe that a peace agreement is possible with Zelensky Because, he said, his mandate as president has defeated.

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