Russia has fired scores of missiles into Ukraine, targeting Kyiv and other cities in the southwest, sending people rushing to shelters and knocking out power in one of Moscow’s largest aerial assaults.
| Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine on Thursday , targeting Kyiv and other cities including Lviv in the west and Odessa in the southwest, sending people rushing to shelters and knocking out power in one of Moscow’s largest aerial assaults.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, firefighters worked to extinguish a large blaze at an electricity station. In the southern central city of Zaporizhzhia, houses were damaged and a missile left a huge crater. “At the same time, there were hits and damage, in particular to energy facilities. In some areas, emergency shutdowns may be applied to avoid accidents in the networks. Our power engineers are already working to repair everything,” he added.
In the Odessa region, the fragments of one missile hit a residential building, though no casualties were reported, its governor Maksym Marchenko said.Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians, but Ukraine says its daily bombardment is destroying cities, towns, and the country’s power, medical and other infrastructure.
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