Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on Thursday, targetting Kyiv, the northeastern city of Kharkiv, and other cities. Kyiv’s resident stands next to her house damaged during a Russian missile strike on the capital. (Reuters)
On Thursday, air defence systems were activated in the capital, Kyiv, to fend off strikes, according to the regional administration. A police investigator takes pictures as he works at a site of a residential house damaged during a missile strike on Kyiv. (Reuters)
Ukraine’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said preliminary data showed Russia fired 69 missiles at energy facilities and Ukrainian forces shot down 54 of them. Rescuers in Zaporizhzhia work at a site of private houses heavily damaged by Russian strikes. (Reuters)
Russia dispatched explosive drones to selected regions overnight before broadening the barrage with “air and sea-based cruise missiles launched from strategic aircraft and ships” in the morning, the Ukrainian air force reported. (Reuters)
The massive aerial bombardment sent people rushing to shelters and knocked out power, Ukrainian authorities said. People take shelter inside a metro station during Russian missile attacks in Kyiv. (Reuters)
The strikes also targeted power stations and other critical infrastructure during freezing weather. (Reuters)
The widespread attack was the latest in a series of Russian strikes on power and water supplies that have increased the Ukrainian population’s suffering. Moscow has launched such attacks on a weekly basis since October, while its ground forces struggle to advance. (Reuters)
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On Thursday, air defence systems were activated in the capital, Kyiv, to fend off strikes, according to the regional administration. A police investigator takes pictures as he works at a site of a residential house damaged during a missile strike on Kyiv. (Reuters)
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