Officials in Kyiv are implementing additional security and defense measures across Ukraine to protect critical infrastructure and residential areas from another potential Russian attack across the country, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on national television Saturday, CNN and News reported. ro.

The war in Ukraine: Russian troops struck the critical infrastructure of KharkivPhoto: Kostiantyn Liberov / AP – The Associated Press / Profimedia

“I can say that we are always ready for so-called retaliatory strikes (missile strikes), when the enemy sneakily destroys not only critical infrastructure facilities, but also residential buildings,” he said.

“Let me remind you that since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of our country, more than 40,500 such strikes have been carried out. About 152,000 residential buildings and about 400,000 public infrastructure objects were destroyed,” he added.

Ihor Klymenko said he could not talk about additional security measures, but noted that authorities are trying to help residents feel safe, especially in cities where the biggest attacks have occurred. Officials are guarding centers where people can take shelter, warm up and charge their devices and are conducting “intensified patrols,” the interior minister said.

On Thursday, Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine with 95 missiles, including six Kinjal ballistic missiles capable of bypassing Kyiv’s air defense system, the Ukrainian military reported.

Klymenko also reported that since February 2022, 66,300 criminal cases have been registered for war crimes committed by the Russian military.

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