{"id":18763,"date":"2022-03-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=18763"},"modified":"2022-03-07T22:38:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:08:51","slug":"ukraine-war-airstrike-at-ukraines-vinnytsia-airport-kills-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/08\/ukraine-war-airstrike-at-ukraines-vinnytsia-airport-kills-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine war: Airstrike at Ukraine&#8217;s Vinnytsia airport kills 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>On March 6, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that eight Russian missiles had &#8220;totally devastated&#8221; the Havryshivka Vinnytsia International Airport (VIN) in central Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a video posted to the Twitter account of Eastern European media outlet Nexta TV, Zelensky corroborated the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy comments on 8 missile attacks on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vinnitsa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vinnitsa<\/a> and demands to close the sky<br><br>Havryshovka airport destroyed <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JukiGRIGZG\">pic.twitter.com\/JukiGRIGZG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NEXTA (@nexta_tv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nexta_tv\/status\/1500449960659243009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;<strong>Eight missiles have been launched on our city, against our peaceful Vinnytsia, which has never posed a threat to Russia.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><p> In a video message, Zelensky disclosed that the airport had been entirely destroyed by a violent, cynical missile strike.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To avoid further Russian assaults, Zelensky appealed to Western countries to impose a no-fly zone above Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-06t172229z1222096918rc25xs9qq7vwrtrmadp3ukraine-crisis-vinnytsia-airportjpg-1088823-1646647037.jpg\" alt=\"To avoid further Russian assaults, Zelensky appealed to Western countries to impose a no-fly zone above Ukraine. Know more \" class=\"wp-image-18766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-06t172229z1222096918rc25xs9qq7vwrtrmadp3ukraine-crisis-vinnytsia-airportjpg-1088823-1646647037.jpg 700w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-06t172229z1222096918rc25xs9qq7vwrtrmadp3ukraine-crisis-vinnytsia-airportjpg-1088823-1646647037-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-06t172229z1222096918rc25xs9qq7vwrtrmadp3ukraine-crisis-vinnytsia-airportjpg-1088823-1646647037-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;Every day, we say the same thing: close the sky over Ukraine.&#8221; <\/p><p>All Russian missiles, military aircraft, and terrorists are within striking distance.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on March 5, 2022, a day before the missile strike on Vinnytsia Airport, that any country attempting to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be considered to have entered the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Putin went on to say that enforcing a no-fly zone over Ukraine would have &#8220;<strong>colossal and devastating implications not only for Europe, but for the entire globe<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/Biden.com\">Biden<\/a> administration has stated that the US government is attempting to avoid implementing a no-fly zone over Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eight Russian cruise missiles hit Vinnytsia, a large city far from the frontline. Putin continues his cowardly &amp; barbaric missile strikes, air bombardment of civilians. Help us close the sky and save lives! Provide air and missile defense, combat aircraft! Stop Russian terrorism! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oXXoYrxr4m\">pic.twitter.com\/oXXoYrxr4m<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DmytroKuleba\/status\/1500463228966649860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Destruction of Vinnytsia airport after missile strike <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zW6omDJhJE\">https:\/\/t.co\/zW6omDJhJE<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n3fFIUY8NU\">pic.twitter.com\/n3fFIUY8NU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Liveuamap\/status\/1500468972898160646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 4, 2022, White House press secretary Jen Ptsaki told US reporters that &#8220;it would effectively necessitate the US military shooting down Russian jets, sparking a potential direct confrontation with Russia, the precise step that we want to avoid.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On social media, images and videos of the damaged ruins of Vinnytsia Airport have been circulating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned and updated with Aviationa2z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To avoid further Russian assaults, Zelensky appealed to Western countries to impose a no-fly zone above Ukraine. 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