Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Drive, neither denied nor confirmed the report, however famous related incidents in Poland and Romania throughout previous Russian air strikes.
Military chief Normal Valeriy Zaluzhnyi mentioned the assault had focused vital infrastructure and industrial and navy services. There was no speedy remark from Russia, which denies focusing on civilians.
A wounded resident talks with paramedics after Russia’s missile assault in Kyiv on Friday.Credit score: AP
“Russia attacked with every part it has in its arsenal… Roughly 110 missiles have been fired, most of which have been shot down,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned on Telegram messenger.
Ukraine has been warning for weeks that Russia might be stockpiling missiles to launch a significant air assault on the power system. Final winter, hundreds of thousands of individuals have been plunged into darkness when Russian strikes pounded the facility grid.
The international ministry mentioned Friday’s strike was “one of many largest missile assaults on Ukrainian cities and villages” since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022.
The power ministry reported energy outages within the areas of southern Odesa, northeastern Kharkiv, central Dnipropetrovsk and the realm outdoors Kyiv.
Widespread harm reported
As rescuers picked by the rubble of a strike that hit a home within the southeastern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, Viktor Chuhunov, 73, advised Reuters he had been at dwelling when he abruptly heard a strong explosion.
“A lady died right here. I don’t know whether or not her son was at dwelling, possibly he was at work,” he mentioned of the home.
Missiles additionally hit a number of infrastructure services in Zaporizhzhia, the inside minister mentioned on Telegram messenger.
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5 folks have been killed within the central area of Dnipropetrovsk the place missiles struck a buying centre, a home and a six-storey residential constructing, police mentioned.
Three folks have been killed within the Black Sea port metropolis of Odesa and at the least 15 have been wounded, together with two kids, the regional governor mentioned, reporting hits on residential buildings.
Within the Lviv area, which borders Poland, missile strikes have been confirmed at an unnamed vital infrastructure facility, the president’s workplace mentioned.
One individual was killed in a broken multi-storey residential constructing within the metropolis of Lviv, the regional governor mentioned. Three faculties and a kindergarten have been additionally broken, the mayor mentioned.
Within the northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv, a missile strike broken a warehouse, an industrial facility, a medical facility and a transport depot, the regional governor mentioned. One individual was killed and 11 different have been injured, he mentioned.
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