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Missile attacks across Ukraine… A nuclear attack simulation exercise was also conducted.

Russia also launched missile strikes across Ukraine last night. Russia also conducted a nuclear attack simulation exercise, connecting reporters on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

Correspondent Jang Seon-i, there was also a missile attack last night (the 4th)?

Yes, after the Russian military launched a missile attack on a power plant in the Lviv region of western Ukraine, they are intensifying air strikes across Ukraine.

Last night, it was reported that missile attacks were also carried out in the central city of Cherkasi and in the southeastern part of Zaporiza.

[올렉산드르 모투지아니크/우크라이나 국방부 대변인 : 러시아군은 하르키우와 도네츠크·키로호라드·오데사·르비우·자카르파티아 지역의 표적을 공습하기 위해 전술 전략 폭격기를 띄웠습니다. 거의 50차례의 공습이 있었습니다.]

In recent days, Lviv and six other railway facilities in the Midwest have also been hit by missiles.

Russia’s main target for railway facilities is interpreted as an attempt to prevent the spread of various weapons provided by the West.

And the situation in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol is not good, is it?

Yes, the Russian military used tanks and fighter jets to attack the Mariupol Azoustal Works in Ukraine where hundreds of civilians are being evacuated.

The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross evacuated more than 150 civilians on the 1st, but hundreds of civilians remain.

[바딤 보이첸코/마리우폴시장 : 안타깝게도 오늘(현지 시각 4일) 제철소 내 우크라이나군과의 연락이 끊겼습니다. 무슨 일이 있는 건지, 안전한 것인지 알 방법이 없습니다.]

Russia has also announced that it will suspend a ceasefire for several days to allow civilians to evacuate from the Azoustal Works. do.

How is Russia conducting a nuclear attack simulation exercise in the Baltic Sea?

The Russian military conducted a simulation exercise to attack a hypothetical enemy with a nuclear warhead missile in Kaliningrad, off the Baltic Sea.

This was a simulation exercise of firing a mobile Iskander ballistic missile equipped with a nuclear warhead.

Kaliningrad, where the training took place, is a Russian offshore territory on the Baltic Sea coast between Poland and Lithuania.

Russia invaded Ukraine to join NATO, but on the contrary, as neutral countries such as Finland and Sweden are seeking to join NATO, Russia’s level of nuclear provocation continues to rise.

(Video coverage: Lee Jae-young, Cho Seung-ho, video editing: Kim Ho-jin)