EBN- Russian aircraft launched a wave of missile strikes across Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities early on Friday.
Ukrainian authorities affirmed that at least a dozen people were killed in the attack, while 70 others were injured.
Ukraine’s military says Russia launched 158 drones and missiles. The air force says it has “never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously”.
“We haven’t seen so much red on our monitors for a long time,” said Yuriy Ignat, a spokesman for Ukraine’s air force, explaining that Russian forces had first launched a wave of suicide drones followed by missiles.
“There are people killed by Russian missiles today that were launched at civilian facilities, civilian buildings,” presidential aide Andriy Yermak said.
“We are doing everything to strengthen our air shield. But the world needs to see that we need more support and strength to stop this terror.”
Russia “used nearly every type of weapon in its arsenal”, with homes and a maternity hospital hit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says
The Russian missiles hit several cities across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, Lviv in the west, Odesa. Zaporizhzhia in the south, and Dnipro and Kharkiv in the east also witnessed similar airstrikes.
The attacks come after the US approved its final aid package for Kyiv for now. One of President Zelensky’s aides today says Ukraine needs more Western support
Earlier this week, Ukraine struck a Russian warship in the Crimean port of Feodosia.
