|
Four people were killed when debris from a missile hit an
18-storey residential building in Golosiivskyi district in the
southwest of Kyiv, causing a fire and smashing windows,
officials said. One person was killed in Mykolayiv in the south.
"Another massive attack against our state. Six regions were
struck by the enemy. All our services are now working to cope
with the consequences of this terror," President Volodymyr
Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app.
Air defenses shot down 44 missiles and drones out of 64 launched
by Russia in several waves, said Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander of
Ukraine's armed forces.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, in Kyiv on a
two-day visit to underline EU support for Ukraine, posted a
picture on social media platform X from a shelter.
"Starting my morning in the shelter as air alarms are sounding
across Kyiv," he said.
Borrell is discussing with top Ukrainian officials both EU
military and financial support, as well as Kyiv's progress on
reforms in its bid to join the 27-member bloc.
Kyiv city officials said at least 19 people were injured in
different parts of the capital. About 40 cars and a car repair
shop were damaged. Firefighters extinguished several fires.
'WE ENDURE'
Debris from a Russian missile also damaged several power lines
resulting in electricity cut-offs in parts of Kyiv.
DTEK, Ukraine's private energy company, said electricity had
been restored for nearly 30,000 families using reserve
capacities, and repairs to power lines were underway.
The attack also damaged two gas pipelines in Mykolayiv, state
energy giant Naftogaz said.
Maksym Kozytskyi, governor for the western Lviv region, said an
industrial facility in the city of Drogobych was also hit.
Oleh Synehubov, governor of Kharkiv region in northeastern
Ukraine, said Russian missiles struck non-residential
infrastructure in Kharkiv city.
"We are being shelled, we endure. This is not the worst that
could happen. People on the frontlines have it the worst, they
have to fend off the invaders. We will definitely survive," said
Vitalii Bachynskyi, 40, an IT worker, in a Kyiv metro station
where he, his wife and two children had taken shelter.
"It does not break our spirit in any way. We will wait for
victory."
(Additional reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Sergiy Karazy;
Editing by Ros Russell and Gareth Jones)
[© 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.]
Copyright 2022 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Thompson Reuters is solely responsible for this content.
|
|
