As Russia fired “more than 100 missiles,” air raid sirens sounded throughout Ukraine.
In Kherson and Kyiv’s capital, explosions could be heard, and several missiles were shot down. An early-morning Thursday Russian missile attack on many Ukrainian areas, including the nation’s capital, was the most recent in a string of attacks on national infrastructure.
All around the nation, air raid sirens were audible. The regional government in Kyiv reported that air defense systems had been turned on to thwart the ongoing missile strike. In Kiev, explosive sounds could be heard.
“A significant air raid. Oleksiy Arestovych, a presidential office adviser, posted on Facebook, “More than 100 missiles in numerous waves,” while the governor of Ukraine’s Mykolayiv region also claimed to have seen Russian missiles in the sky.
Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, had a number of explosions as a result of Russian missile strikes, according to the mayor of the city.
According to Ihor Terekhov, officials are determining what was hit and whether any people were hurt.
Several Ukrainian regions reported that some Russian missiles had been shot down.
The attack on Thursday is the most recent in a string of Russian strikes that have targeted crucial infrastructure throughout Ukraine. Since October, Moscow has carried out similar attacks on a weekly basis.
The authorities said that they turned off the electricity in the regions of Dnipro, Odesa, and Kryvyi Rih in order to lessen the potential harm to key infrastructure facilities.
