One of the biggest bombardments, since the war started, has seen a wave of Russian missile attacks target cities all around Ukraine.
Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported that explosions in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv resulted in the hospitalization of at least three individuals, among them a 14-year-old girl.
In the cities of Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Zhytomyr, blasts were also audible.
According to the Ukrainian military, 69 missiles were fired, 54 of which were shot down by air defenses.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a presidential adviser, earlier claimed that more... than 120 missiles had been fired towards infrastructure used by civilians.
Maksym Marchenko, the regional governor of the southern province of Odesa, described a "huge missile attack on Ukraine" after the airstrike, which lasted for about five hours. Russia allegedly assaulted Ukraine from "different directions with air and sea-based cruise missiles," according to the Ukrainian Air Force. It further mentioned that many Kamikaze drones had been utilized.
In an operational briefing, Brig Gen Oleksiy Hromov stated that the attacks had targeted energy infrastructure all around the nation.
According to the municipal military authority, debris from thwarted missiles damaged two residences in Kyiv. According to Mr. Klitschko, air defenses shot down 16 missiles above the city.
Governor Vitaly Kim said that air defenses in the southern district of Mykolaiv stopped five missiles, while Mayor Andriy Sadovy reported that many explosions had been recorded in the western city of Lviv.Mr. Marchenko said that the Ukrainian military shot down 21 missiles in the Odesa area. A residential building had been struck by missile pieces, he said, but there had been no injuries.
A senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky also reported that a missile had struck a resident's home in a settlement in the western part of Ivano-Frankivsk but had not exploded. The report cannot be independently verified by the BBC.
The strikes, according to Mr. Podolyak, were "evil," and he charged Moscow of wanting "to destroy essential infrastructure and murder civilians in enormous quantities."Recently, Ukraine has been subjected to dozens of Russian strikes, which have repeatedly resulted in power outages all around the nation. Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine's energy minister, claimed that the most recent attacks had damaged power plants and described the situation in the Odesa and Kyiv areas as "tough."
While Mr. Klitschko said that 40% of Kyiv was still without electricity on Thursday, the mayor of Lviv reported that 90% of his city was without power.
Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk areas both reported power outages.Oleksandr Vilkul, the chief of the military administration in Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine, said that Russian "ships and planes from the Black Sea" were responsible for the missiles fired at his city. He stated that power had been turned off in the city as a "precaution."
Russian forces were poised to launch up to 20 missiles from sites in the Black Sea, Ukraine's southern command had already warned.
Moscow has vehemently denied that its missile attacks intentionally target people. Vladimir Putin, however, has acknowledged that Russian forces have been attacking Ukraine's vital energy installations.
The acknowledgment came after several world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, said that attacking energy installations may constitute a war crime.Ukraine claimed to have intercepted 60 of the more than 70 missiles fired by Russian soldiers in one salvo earlier this month.
The Ukrainian government has lobbied with Western politicians to provide it more air defenses, and lately US President Joe Biden agreed to give them a Patriot system.
The incident on Thursday occurred barely hours after the Kremlin rejected Ukraine's proposal for the start of peace negotiations in 2023.
Melinda Simmons, the British ambassador to Ukraine, remarked on Twitter that the bombings showed "Peace between Russia and Ukraine is undesirable. Russia desires Ukraine's enslavement ".The strikes were denounced as "barbaric, unprovoked acts aimed to bring about ruin and death" by Maia Sandu, president of neighboring Moldova.
According to Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's intelligence service, Russia would continue to assault civilian infrastructure for as long as it could.
"Keeping that in mind, can they last this long?" No, there aren't many missiles left, he inquired.
"The defense industry cannot produce enough missile strikes to meet that demand. They are currently looking for missile weapons in other nations of the world for these and other reasons.
Earlier this month, a senior US source told the news agency Reuters that recent weeks had seen Moscow using outdated munitions with a high failure rate.Additionally, the UK's envoy to the UN claimed that Russia was seeking to buy hundreds of ballistic missiles from Iran in addition to other weaponry.
According to Dame Barbara Woodward, the UK is "almost convinced" that Russia is looking to get weapons from North Korea and other countries that have been subject to harsh sanctions since their own supplies are visibly depleting.
Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported that explosions in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv resulted in the hospitalization of at least three individuals, among them a 14-year-old girl.
In the cities of Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Zhytomyr, blasts were also audible.
According to the Ukrainian military, 69 missiles were fired, 54 of which were shot down by air defenses.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a presidential adviser, earlier claimed that more... than 120 missiles had been fired towards infrastructure used by civilians.
Maksym Marchenko, the regional governor of the southern province of Odesa, described a "huge missile attack on Ukraine" after the airstrike, which lasted for about five hours. Russia allegedly assaulted Ukraine from "different directions with air and sea-based cruise missiles," according to the Ukrainian Air Force. It further mentioned that many Kamikaze drones had been utilized.
In an operational briefing, Brig Gen Oleksiy Hromov stated that the attacks had targeted energy infrastructure all around the nation.
According to the municipal military authority, debris from thwarted missiles damaged two residences in Kyiv. According to Mr. Klitschko, air defenses shot down 16 missiles above the city.
Governor Vitaly Kim said that air defenses in the southern district of Mykolaiv stopped five missiles, while Mayor Andriy Sadovy reported that many explosions had been recorded in the western city of Lviv.Mr. Marchenko said that the Ukrainian military shot down 21 missiles in the Odesa area. A residential building had been struck by missile pieces, he said, but there had been no injuries.
A senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky also reported that a missile had struck a resident's home in a settlement in the western part of Ivano-Frankivsk but had not exploded. The report cannot be independently verified by the BBC.
The strikes, according to Mr. Podolyak, were "evil," and he charged Moscow of wanting "to destroy essential infrastructure and murder civilians in enormous quantities."Recently, Ukraine has been subjected to dozens of Russian strikes, which have repeatedly resulted in power outages all around the nation. Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine's energy minister, claimed that the most recent attacks had damaged power plants and described the situation in the Odesa and Kyiv areas as "tough."
While Mr. Klitschko said that 40% of Kyiv was still without electricity on Thursday, the mayor of Lviv reported that 90% of his city was without power.
Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk areas both reported power outages.Oleksandr Vilkul, the chief of the military administration in Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine, said that Russian "ships and planes from the Black Sea" were responsible for the missiles fired at his city. He stated that power had been turned off in the city as a "precaution."
Russian forces were poised to launch up to 20 missiles from sites in the Black Sea, Ukraine's southern command had already warned.
Moscow has vehemently denied that its missile attacks intentionally target people. Vladimir Putin, however, has acknowledged that Russian forces have been attacking Ukraine's vital energy installations.
The acknowledgment came after several world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, said that attacking energy installations may constitute a war crime.Ukraine claimed to have intercepted 60 of the more than 70 missiles fired by Russian soldiers in one salvo earlier this month.
The Ukrainian government has lobbied with Western politicians to provide it more air defenses, and lately US President Joe Biden agreed to give them a Patriot system.
The incident on Thursday occurred barely hours after the Kremlin rejected Ukraine's proposal for the start of peace negotiations in 2023.
Melinda Simmons, the British ambassador to Ukraine, remarked on Twitter that the bombings showed "Peace between Russia and Ukraine is undesirable. Russia desires Ukraine's enslavement ".The strikes were denounced as "barbaric, unprovoked acts aimed to bring about ruin and death" by Maia Sandu, president of neighboring Moldova.
According to Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's intelligence service, Russia would continue to assault civilian infrastructure for as long as it could.
"Keeping that in mind, can they last this long?" No, there aren't many missiles left, he inquired.
"The defense industry cannot produce enough missile strikes to meet that demand. They are currently looking for missile weapons in other nations of the world for these and other reasons.
Earlier this month, a senior US source told the news agency Reuters that recent weeks had seen Moscow using outdated munitions with a high failure rate.Additionally, the UK's envoy to the UN claimed that Russia was seeking to buy hundreds of ballistic missiles from Iran in addition to other weaponry.
According to Dame Barbara Woodward, the UK is "almost convinced" that Russia is looking to get weapons from North Korea and other countries that have been subject to harsh sanctions since their own supplies are visibly depleting.
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