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According to the speaker of the US State Department, Vedanta Patel, based on the...

"More than one rocket per hour": Since the beginning of May, the Russian Federation has struck 145 air strikes in Ukraine - the State Department

According to the speaker of the US State Department, Vedanta Patel, based on the number of hours a day, Russian troops produced more than one rocket, bomb or drone for four days in a row. More than one hundred citizens, including five children, were killed. In the first days of May, Russia struck 145 strokes with rockets, bombs or drones in Ukraine. In other words, it is more than one projectile per hour.

This was reported by a spokesman for US State Department Vedant Pavel, a press conference was broadcast on Twitter. From May 1, there were 145 air strikes in Ukraine, Pavel said. At the rate of hours a day, more than one rocket, bomb or drone for an hour for four days in a row, he explained.

The State Department spokesman said that although Ukraine is using air defense well, it still "cowardly attacks in Russia, have only been injured in the last three days and killed more than a hundred innocent citizens, including a minimum of five children. " "The United States will never turn their eyes on what is happening in Ukraine and cruel Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure," the speaker said, adding that a new $ 300 million military aid package had been announced the day before.

Given these funds, since February 24 last year, Ukraine has received military and other assistance for $ 35. 8 billion. "We will continue to help Ukraine protect ourselves from Russian aggression," the State Department representative assured. He also paid tribute to the "extraordinary courage of the Armed Forces and Citizens of Ukraine", which would oppose the Russian invaders.