Day 498: According to Russian information, an oil depot in the city of Makiivka went up in flames. Air raids are reported from Lviv. All information in the news blog.
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At least three dead and injured after attack on Lviv
3.11 a.m.: At least three people were killed and four injured in a night rocket attack on Lviv in western Ukraine. Mayor Andriy Sadowyj announced on Telegram that the number of injured will continue to rise. At first there was only talk of injuries. Later he wrote: “Three dead already”. One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Maksym Kosyzki, head of the military administration, had previously spoken on Telegram about part of the infrastructure being hit. Lviv is located in western Ukraine and is far from the current front. Nevertheless, there have always been rocket attacks on the city. Airborne alarms were raised in several Ukrainian regions on Thursday night.
Selenskyj: They wanted to start the counter-offensive earlier
1.10 a.m.: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would have liked the Ukrainian counteroffensive to start earlier. According to published excerpts, Zelenskyy said in an interview with the American TV channel CNN that he had repeatedly urged the Western allies to deliver the weapons and materials needed for this. With the later start, the counter-offensive was slower.
BSI boss warns of Russian cyber attacks
12:55 a.m.: The new head of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Claudia Plattner, warns of a growing danger for Germany from Russian cyber attacks. “The number of attacks from Russia is increasing,” Plattner told the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Overall, the threat situation in the network is “bigger than ever”. Germany, as a European power and supporter of Ukraine, is an “attractive target” for hacker groups controlled by Moscow. “The goals are: espionage, destabilization and influence,” said Plattner.
Oil depot in Makiivka on fire
11:02 p.m.: In the city of Makiivka, which is controlled by Russian troops, several tanks at an oil depot burn after attacks. A fire broke out after a shelling, the Russian state news agency Tass reported. Five fuel tanks are said to be on fire. The day before, according to Russian information, 25 people were injured in a rocket attack on the city.
Explosion in court in Kiev – accused detonates explosive device
21. 8 p.m.: According to authorities, a man accused of a terrorist attack blew himself up in a court in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev after a failed attempt to escape. “The violator died at the scene of the crime,” Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on Telegram on Wednesday. Previously, he is said to have tried to free himself with an explosive device.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the accused, who was escorted to the court by police officers, tried to escape using the toilet of the courthouse. He detonated an explosive device, the authority wrote on its Telegram channel. He then holed himself up in court.
According to official information, the police only fired warning shots. Two police officers were injured by the explosions.
IAEA demands access to Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
7.15 p.m.: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday called for expanded access to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to check for the “absence of mines or explosives” in the area. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said that due to the increasing “military tension and military activities” around the facility, experts from his organization must be given the opportunity to “check the facts on the ground.
