Russia launched a “massive” assault of strikes on critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other towns, according to Ukrainian officials.
According to Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, the strikes cut off electricity and water supply to a portion of the Ukrainian capital. According to him, 350,000 residences were affected.
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Ukrainian authorities said, Moscow forces used drones and strategic bombers in Monday’s series of strikes.
Local media reported that 40 cruise missiles were also observed. There was no immediate word of possible casualties.
Critical infrastructure objects were also hit in the Cherkasy region southeast of Kyiv, and explosions were reported in other regions, including Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia in the southeast and Lviv in western Ukraine.
In the Kirovohrad region of central Ukraine, the energy facility was hit, according to local authorities.
In Vinnytsia, a missile that was shot down landed on civilian buildings, resulting in damage but no casualties, according to regional governor Serhii Borzov.
In Kharkiv, two strikes hit critical infrastructure facilities, and the subway ceased operating. Some parts of Ukrainian railways were also cut off from power, the Ukrainian Railways reported.
One of the missiles shot down by the Ukrainian air defense crashed across the border in Moldova.
The missile shattered windows in Naslavcea — a village in the Ocnita district known as the northernmost point of Moldova, situated between Ukraine’s Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi. However, there were no casualties, the Moldovan interior ministry said.
Chisinau authorities stated that the nearby dam on the Dniester river was the probable target.
The massive attack on Ukraine comes just two days after the Kremlin accused Kiev of launching a drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet near the coast of the occupied Crimean Peninsula.
