The intensification of Russia's attacks could spell a major escalation in the war.
Ukraine's Emergency Service said nearly 100 people were wounded in the morning rush-hour attacks that Russia launched from the air, sea and land against at least 14 regions, spanning from Lviv in the west to Kharkiv in the east. Many of the attacks occurred far from the war's front lines.
Blasts were reported in Kyiv's Shevchenko district, a large area in the centre of Ukraine's capital that includes the historic old town, as well as several government offices. The missile strikes marked the biggest and most widespread Russian attacks in months. Putin, whose partial mobilization order earlier this month triggered an exodus of hundreds of thousands of men of fighting age from Russia, stopped short of declaring martial law or a counterterrorism operation, as many had expected.
Blasts struck in the capital's Shevchenko district, a large area in the centre of Kyiv that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.Some of the strikes hit near the government quarter in the symbolic heart of the capital, where parliament and other major landmarks are located. A glass tower housing offices was significantly damaged, most of its blue-tinted windows blown out.
That changed on Monday morning. At least one of the vehicles struck near the Kyiv National University appeared to be a commuter minibus, known as a "marshrutka" — a popular, albeit often crowded, alternative to the city's bus and metro routes. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday about getting Kyiv access to air defence systems and "equipment to tackle electricity supply challenges" in the wake of Russia's latest attacks.
Ben Hodges, a former commander of U.S. army forces in Europe, said the scale of the strikes on Monday suggested Russia's plan to escalate may have been drawn up before the bridge was attacked.Amid the onslaught, Zelenskyy said on his Telegram account that Russia is "trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the Earth."
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