Chinanews.com, January 26 (Xinhua) Comprehensive foreign media reports on the 26th, after the United States and Germany announced the provision of tanks and other military aid to Ukraine, Russia launched a new round of large-scale air strikes in Ukraine, issued air raid warnings throughout Ukraine, and implemented emergency power outages in many places .
According to Agence France-Presse, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv Vitaly Klitschko said that on the 26th local time, Russia launched a new large-scale air strike that killed one person and injured two.
Kyiv Mayor Klitschko said in a statement on social media: "As a rocket hit a non-residential building in the Gorosivsky district, it was reported that one person was killed and two were injured." Kerry Chenko also posted a reminder saying, "There was an explosion in Kyiv! Stay in the shelter!"
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US media reported that air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine.
In Kyiv, people took shelter in subway stations, while others sat on blankets and small plastic chairs.
A Reuters reporter said he heard a missile fly overhead at a low altitude about 30 kilometers from Kyiv.
Vitaly King, an official in the Mikolev region, said that two missiles were found over the area. "The missiles are flying in Ukraine. At least two of them passed through the Mikolev region."
According to the Ukrainian news agency, Ukrainian Armed Forces Air Force Command spokesman Yuri Ignat said, "Currently, we have information that about six Tu-95ms aircraft took off from the Murmansk region. At least 30 missiles fired at Ukraine."
"In some areas, especially the Vinnytsia area, the impact of Russian missiles has been significant," Ignat said. Local officials confirmed the claim but said there were no casualties.
Ukrainian authorities also said on the 26th that Russia attacked Ukrainian energy facilities.
According to Yuri Kruk, head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration, Russia continues to launch missiles at Ukraine from the air and sea, and two energy infrastructures in Odessa have been damaged.
An operator revealed that Ukraine imposed emergency blackouts in Kyiv and other regions on the same day to relieve the pressure on the power grid after the Russian air strikes.
"Emergency blackouts have been imposed in Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk," Ukraine's largest private power producer DTEK said.
U.S. President Joe Biden announced on the 25th that the United States will provide Ukraine with 31 "M1 Abrams" main battle tanks.
German Chancellor Scholz announced on the same day that Germany has decided to provide Ukraine with the "Leopard 2" main battle tank.
Prior to this, the United Kingdom and other Western countries have successively announced the supply of main battle tanks to Ukraine.
This has also raised concerns about the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine.