Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asked Western allies to “accelerate” arms shipments to Ukraine after a new massive Russian attack on Tuesday morning that killed at least five people, France-Presse and Agerpres reported.

In a press release, Kuleba called on the West to “react decisively” to these strikes, including by accelerating the supply to Kyiv of “additional air defense systems, combat drones of all types” and “missiles with a range of more than 300 kilometers.” .

On Tuesday morning, Russia fired “99 missiles of various types” into Ukraine, of which 72 were reportedly shot down by air defenses, Ukrainian Army Commander Valery Zaluzhny said.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine “destroyed 72 aerial targets, including ten Kinjal hypersonic missiles and three Kalibr cruise missiles, as well as 59 Kh-101, Kh-555 and Kh-55 cruise missiles, he reported in Telegram.

According to him, Russia began its attacks at night, launching 35 Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles over Ukraine, all of which were shot down.

He added that since 06:00 local time, a series of missile salvos have been launched from several directions, including using Tu-95 strategic bombers and MiG-31 and Su-35 fighters.

“Civilian and basic infrastructure, as well as industrial and military complexes, were attacked. The main target of these strikes was the Ukrainian capital,” said Zaluzhny.

A total of 61 missiles were destroyed in the airspace of Kyiv and the region, including “about ten “Kinjal’s”, the mayor of the capital Vitaliy Klitschko said.

According to the latest report published by the authorities, two people were killed and dozens were injured as a result of the shelling of a residential building in the Solomyansk district, not far from the center.

According to the authorities, two other people were killed in the Kyiv region and the third in Kharkiv, the second largest city in the east of the country.

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