Several regions of Ukraine, including its capital, were facing a massive Russian missile attack Thursday morning, the latest in a series targeting national infrastructure.
Air raid sirens rang out across the country. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Russia launched over 120 missiles.
In Kyiv, air defense systems were activated to fend off the ongoing missile attack, according to the regional administration. Sounds of explosions were heard in the city. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said numerous explosions took place in Ukraine’s second-largest city. Explosions were also heard in the city of Lviv near the border with Poland, according to Mayor Andriy Sadovyi.Smoke rises from the site of a missile strike in Ukraine on Thursday, Dec, 29. in Kyiv.The governor of southern Ukraine’s Mykolaiv province, Vitaliy Kim, said five missiles were shot down over the Black Sea.
Fragments from downed Russian missiles damaged two private buildings in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the city administration said. An industrial facility and a playground in neighborhoods located across the Dnieper River also were damaged, city officials said. No casualties were immediately reported. targeting vital infrastructure across Ukraine. Moscow has launched such attacks on weekly basis since October, causing widespread blackouts and cutoffs to water supplies.
A Ukrainian man, Volodymyr Dubrovsliy, lights a candle in his house. Dubrovsliy has been living with no electricity for more than four months.Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned Thursday that there could be power outages in the capital, asking people to stockpile water and to charge their electronic devices.
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