Russia Cruise missiles rained on crowded Ukrainian cities on Monday, knocking out the power and heat in the most widespread air strikes since the start of the war, and described by the United States as “strikes”. terror attack”.
Rockets tore through intersections, parks and busy tourist sites in the center of Kyiv.
Explosions were also reported in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in the west UkraineDnipro and Kremenchuk in central Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia to the south and Kharkiv to the east. Ukrainian officials say at least 11 people have been killed and many injured, with many in the country without electricity.
Thousands of residents raced to bomb shelters as air raid sirens sounded throughout the day. Dozens of cruise missiles fired from the air, land and sea were the largest wave of air strikes against locations far from the front lines, at least since their sortie on the first day of the war, on 24 February.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian attacks were deliberately timed to kill people, as well as bring down Ukraine’s power grid. “They are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth,” he said.
In the middle of the morning, Ukraine Department of Defense Russia said it had fired 81 cruise missiles and that Ukraine’s air defenses had shot down 43 of them. The Russian Defense Ministry said it hit all the intended targets.
Ukraine’s General Staff said 84 cruise missiles and 24 drones were used. Ukrainian forces shot down 56 air targets.
Rockets tore through intersections, parks and busy tourist sites in the center of Kyiv.
Explosions were also reported in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in the west UkraineDnipro and Kremenchuk in central Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia to the south and Kharkiv to the east. Ukrainian officials say at least 11 people have been killed and many injured, with many in the country without electricity.
Thousands of residents raced to bomb shelters as air raid sirens sounded throughout the day. Dozens of cruise missiles fired from the air, land and sea were the largest wave of air strikes against locations far from the front lines, at least since their sortie on the first day of the war, on 24 February.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian attacks were deliberately timed to kill people, as well as bring down Ukraine’s power grid. “They are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth,” he said.
In the middle of the morning, Ukraine Department of Defense Russia said it had fired 81 cruise missiles and that Ukraine’s air defenses had shot down 43 of them. The Russian Defense Ministry said it hit all the intended targets.
Ukraine’s General Staff said 84 cruise missiles and 24 drones were used. Ukrainian forces shot down 56 air targets.
