Russia’s Ministry of Defense described the attack as a “massive strike.”<\/p>\n
LONDON — Russia targeted Ukraine overnight with dozens of missiles and drones in a “vile” and deadly attack aimed at both energy infrastructure and residential buildings throughout at least 12 regions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Russia in total fired some 70 missiles, “many” of which were ballistic, Zelenskyysaid.<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian air force said Russia also launched some 130 drones, which included a mix of attack drones and decoys.<\/p>\n
“One of the key targets was our energy infrastructure,” Zelenskyy added “The Russians wanted to strike painfully and demonstratively.”<\/p>\n
Russia’s Ministry of Defensesaidit had launched a “massive strike” overnight targeting Ukraine’s defense industries in Kyiv and other cities.<\/p>\n
Five people were killed and another 26 were injured, including five children, as Russia hit an “ordinary” five-story apartment building in Pryluky, in the Chernihiv region, the president said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“First responders are working nonstop at the site — doing everything possible to find every person,” Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n
Another two people were injured as missiles hit high-rises in Kremenchuk and apartment buildings in Dnipro, he said. Another two were killed in Kyiv and two others in Oleksandriya, he said.<\/p>\n
“On the birthday of the criminal Putin, the Russian army once again showed the true nature of his regime: missiles striking residential buildings, civilians killed and wounded, attacks on energy infrastructure,” Ruslan Stefanchuk, the chair of Ukraine’s parliament, said in a statement. “This is what russia is ‘giving’ the world today.”<\/p>\n
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