Putin’s missiles ‘completely destroy’ Vinnytsia airport as Zelensky repeats plea for ‘no fly zone’
Putin’s missiles ‘completely destroy’ Vinnytsia airport – as Zelensky repeats urgent plea for the West to impose ‘no fly zone’ over Ukraine to stop ‘Russian combat aircraft and all their terrorists’
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An airport in central Ukraine was ‘completely destroyed’ by eight Russian missiles, the Ukrainian president confirmed in an address as he urged the West to send more aircraft.
Shocking footage shared online appears to show an airfield in Vinnytsia destroyed by the attack.
In a translation of the impassioned address, which was shared on social media, Volodymyr Zelensky said the ‘peaceful Vinnytsia just was bombed’.
He added: ‘We repeat every day: close the sky over Ukraine. Close for all Russian missiles, for Russian combat aircraft, for all their terrorists.
The Ukrainian president has urged the West to send more aircraft following reports that an airport in central Ukraine was ‘completely destroyed’ by eight Russian missiles
In a translation of the impassioned address, which was shared on social media, Volodymyr Zelensky said the ‘peaceful Vinnytsia just was bombed’
‘If you don’t, if you don’t give us at least planes so we can protect ourselves, there’s only one thing to conclude; you want us to be killed very slowly.’
The barraged airport, which is roughly a four-hour drive away from Kyiv according to Google Maps, has been pictured in videos and photos online.
Thick black some can be seen in the distance of footage shared, said to be coming from the wrecked airport in the distance.
Kyiv Independent defence reporter Illia Ponomarenko shared a photo of the airfield being destroyed on Twitter, saying it has been ‘completely destroyed’.
The barraged airport, which is roughly a four-hour drive away from Kyiv according to Google Maps, has been pictured in videos and photos online
This comes following a second consecutive day of a ceasefire being broken as civilian safe passage from Ukraine’s besieged eastern port city of Mariupol was ‘halted’, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
It added: ‘Amid devastating scenes of human suffering in Mariupol, a second attempt today to start evacuating an estimated 200,000 people out of the city came to a halt.
‘The failed attempts yesterday and today underscore the absence of a detailed and functioning agreement between the parties to the conflict.’
Zelensky today also warned that Russian forces are preparing to shell Odessa – a historic port city on the Black Sea coast.
Russia has made progress in southern Ukraine since its invasion 11 days ago, overrunning the city of Kherson and shelling the port of Mariupol, but Odessa has so far been largely spared.
Thick smoke seen in the distance following reports that missiles hit the airport, amid the eleventh day of conflict
The barraged airport, which is roughly a four-hour drive away from Kyiv according to Google Maps, has been pictured in videos and photos online
Pictures on social media have been shared to show the damage done to the airfield, by Russian missiles
The Ukrainian leader has consistently called on the West for more support from Russian attacks in the air.
In a defiant address yesterday morning, he urged Ukrainians to continue fighting Putin’s forces.
The comic-turned-wartime president then thundered ‘what more is needed’ to convince Joe Biden to enforce a no-fly zone – an action which could widen the war and suck in NATO – after he accused the West of cowardice in the face of Russian aggression.
