Russia has concentrated five carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the Kalibr type in the Black Sea. Their potential total volley is at least 36 missiles, Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said at a briefing at the Ukraine Media Center Kyiv.

“The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are completing the creation of an offensive grouping in the eastern operational zone. Along with this, the enemy does not stop inflicting missile and bomb strikes on the infrastructure of Ukraine; over the past day, the number of sorties by Russian operational-tactical aircraft has increased by more than one and a half times,” Motuzyanyk said..

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According to him, the goals of the invaders have not changed:

they are preparing for an offensive in eastern Ukraine in order to take control of the territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, to ensure the stability of the so-called land corridor to the occupied Crimea. The aggressor has almost completed the regrouping of troops in the eastern operational zone.

By the way, as a result of the Russian missile attack on Lviv today, 7 people were killed, 11 were injured, including a child.. Three victims are in critical condition..