KIEV, February 24. /TASS/. Ukraine’s State Emergencies Service reported on Thursday {that a} blast hit the TV Tower in Lutsk and military depots had been ablaze in a number of areas.
In line with the info posted on the Emergencies Service’s Telegram channel, fireplace swept by an ammunition depot within the village of Olshanitsa within the Kiev Area and two military depots within the Dnepropetrovsk Area. The gas and lubricants depot in a navy garrison within the Khmelnitsky Area and military depots within the Poltava and Cherkasy Areas had been additionally ablaze.
The Ukrainian Emergencies Service reported fires at navy items within the Vinnitsa and Kiev Areas. It stated {that a} shell had fallen on the territory of an arms depot within the Zhitomir Area. It additionally reported the shelling of navy items within the Lvov area and Ivano-Frankovsk. Seven homes had been on fireplace in Mariupol, it reported.
Ukraine’s State Emergencies Service reported earlier on Thursday that its web site had been quickly switched off “within the wake of a cyber-threat” and all operational data could be posted within the social media.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in a televised handle on Thursday morning that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbass republics he had decided to hold out a particular navy operation to be able to defend folks “who’ve been affected by abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.” The Russian chief burdened that Moscow had no plans of occupying Ukrainian territories.
Russia’s Protection Ministry reported afterward Thursday that Russian troops weren’t delivering strikes towards Ukrainian cities. It emphasised that Ukrainian navy infrastructure was being destroyed by precision weapons.
Civilians will not be threatened, it assured.
