KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed an enormous missile barrage on cities throughout Ukraine early Thursday, concentrating on power infrastructure services, Ukrainian officers and media stated.
Air raid sirens wailed throughout Ukraine, together with the capital, Kyiv, within the first such missile assault in three weeks. Ukrainian media stated air protection programs had been activated in a number of areas of the nation.
The governor of the northeastern Kharkiv area, Oleh Syniehubov, reported greater than 15 strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis.
“Objects of critical infrastructure is again in the crosshairs of the occupants,” he stated in a Telegram put up.
The governor of the southern Odesa area, Maksym Marchenko, additionally reported strikes on Odesa, saying that power services and residential buildings had been hit.
“The second wave is expected right now, so I ask the residents of the region to stay in shelters!” Marchenko wrote on Telegram, saying the area was hit with a “massive missile attack.”
Explosions had been additionally reported within the northern metropolis of Chernihiv and the western Lviv area. Explosions had been reported in cities in Dnieper, Lutsk and Rivne.
Russia has been hitting Ukraine with these large missile assaults since final October. Initially, the barrages concentrating on the nation’s power infrastructure came about weekly, plunging all the cities into darkness, however grew to become extra unfold out in time, with commentators speculating that Moscow could also be saving up ammunition.
The final large barrage came about on Feb. 16.
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