Russia has launched a large-scale missile assault throughout Ukraine, injuring a number of individuals and hitting residential and industrial buildings, Ukrainian officers have mentioned.
All of Ukraine was beneath air raid alerts from round 6am native time (4am UK time) with Ukraine’s Air Force saying the
nation was beneath menace from a number of waves of cruise missiles and in some areas ballistic missiles.
“The enemy is viciously attacking peaceful cities,” Oleksandr Vilkul, mayor of the southern Ukrainian metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
Mr Vilkul mentioned full details about the extent of potential damages will likely be disclosed after the Russian assault was over.
The targets of the Russian assault and the total scale of the strikes was not instantly clear.
There was no speedy remark from Moscow.
Anatoliy Kurtiev, secretary of the southeastern Zaporizhzhia metropolis council, mentioned on Telegram {that a} missile assault on town resulted in accidents, however he didn’t present additional element.
At least one girl was injured in an assault on Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
He mentioned industrial amenities have been hit, leading to a fireplace.
Five blasts have been heard within the metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, regional governor Yuriy Malashko mentioned, and no less than two individuals have been injured.
“Missiles hit residential areas,” Malaskho mentioned on Telegram.
Ukraine’s army officers in different cities, together with Dnipropetrovsk and Khmelnytskyi have additionally mentioned their cities have been beneath a “massive missile attack” by Russia.
Nearly two years into the warfare that Russia began with a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, each side have shifted to elevated air strikes at one another’s territories, having struggled to make important positive aspects alongside the frontlines.
Russia has launched a few of its largest assaults on Kyiv, in addition to Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis of Kharkiv.
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