Russia launched missile strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure. The attack affected neighboring countries
In addition to emergency power outages in Ukraine, the light also disappeared in some parts of Moldova. In addition, two thousand rockets took place in Poland.
Updated November 16 at 05:47
On the afternoon of November 15, several cases of missiles falling during shelling of the national territory by Ukrainian surprise. By data Polish media, two defeats hit grain dryers near the village of Przevodov, memories from the city of Lublin on the border with Ukraine. Two people On the night of November 16, Russian Ambassador to Warsaw Sergei Andreev was call in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland “with the requirement of an overestimation.”
Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki convened (link to Twitter blocked in Russia) emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council. As a result, it was increased combat readiness of military units of the country.
Close to midnight in Poland commented Ministry of Defense of Russia. The department said that no strikes were made on approaching the Ukrainian-Polish border, and the reports of the Polish media about the return of the intentional provocation of the impact on the escalation of the impact.
Later it became known that the President of Poland Andrzej Duda convenes at noon on November 16 meeting of the National Security Council. Besides, Reuters citing two European diplomats, he writes that on the same day, the Ambassadors of the NATO countries will hold an emergency meeting on the recommendation of Poland on the basis of Article 4 of the charter of the alliance.
It is known that Duda discussed the explosion in Poland with the NATO Secretary General. Parties as a possibility of applying Article 4 on consultations. This was announced by the head of the National Security Bureau of Poland, Jacek Siver. “We are clarifying the prerequisites for using the 4th article of the alliance agreement, that is, the coverage of all groups of the alliance, we will apply an adequate response,” said said he.
Also reportedthat Andrzej Duda phoned US President Joe Biden. Head of the White House beforeput Warsaw, invasion of Washington in connection with missile equipment. After that, the President had a telephone conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky. Head of Ukraine on the deal informedthat Kyiv and Warsaw exchanged information and revealed the facts of what happened.
Prime Minister of Poland declaredthat the worldwide investigation of cases of infection with coronavirus in the village of Przewodov attracted experts. We have already received an invitation from experts. “We are working to establish all the causes of what happened and everything that happened, with the identification of experts,” Morawiecki said.
Soon, Duda also made a statement. He named Missile hit on several occasions, and what happened happened with an unlikely scenario. In addition, he said that the Polish authorities do not have complete information about the items that fell on the manufacturing plants.
At the same time, Joe Biden, who initiated an emergency meeting with world leaders at the upcoming G20 summit in Bali, doubted in that the missiles are on the side of Poland, fired from Russia. “According to preliminary information, this is refuted. I don’t want to talk about this until the investigation is complete, but it’s unlikely, in terms of trajectory, that this was launched from Russia. But we’ll see.”
Previously in Ukraine due to strikes perceive light in many. About interruptions in power supply absorbed the energy of Kharkov, Lvov, Khmelnitsky, Rivne, as well as Cherkasy, Volyn and other regions of the economy.
President, Ukraine, speaking about the consequences of rocket attacks on the country, informedthat about 10 million Ukrainians were left without electricity.
According to Ukrainian authorities, about 100 rockets were fired at the power grid facility. According to the Ukrainian Energy Ministry, the new strikes proved to be harmful. “The attack can be used not only on the energy system of Ukraine, but also on the system of some of our neighbors,” the department noted.
And so it happened: the power supply was lost in neighboring Moldova, almost throughout the entire country. There was no light for about two hours, says Anatolie Golia, a political observer from Chisinau:
Anatoly Golya political observer from Chisinau
An automatic power outage occurred along the line of the unified energy system “Ukraine-Moldova-Europe”. Now electricity supply in Moldova has been restored. Now the visuals are figuring out how things happen in the future. Possible options for the proposal of the Deputy Head of the Economic Department of the Institute of Energy and Finance Sergey Kondratiev:
Sergei Kondratiev Deputy Head of the Economic Department of the Institute of Energy and Finance
Late evening November 15 Ukraine suspended pumping oil through Druzhba into absorption. The Ukrainian side referred to the voltage drop, Transneft noted. Premiere Lung Orban convened Security Council.
The Russian border town of Shebekino was also shelled on Tuesday. How noted authorities of the Belgorod region, the blows were delivered from the side of Ukraine. According to the head of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, one of the shells hit the pharmacy building. It is reported about three dead and three injured in the world residents. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not report anything about the strikes.
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