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KIEV. – Ukraine yesterday came under major missile attacks carried out by Russian forces from strategic aircraft and ships, the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has said.
The strikes followed overnight attacks with kamikaze drones across Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force Command said in a statement on Facebook.
Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said that more than 120 missiles were launched against Ukraine yesterday.
Media reports said air raid sirens rang out across the country and in Kiev sounded for five hours.
In Kiev, at least two people were injured as a result of the impact in southeastern Darnytskyi district, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
At least four S-300 missiles hit critical infrastructure facilities in the city of Kharkiv in the east of Ukraine, Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Sinegubov said.
Local authorities also reported explosions in the Lviv region in the west of Ukraine, and in the Poltava region in the central part of the country.
In the southern Odesa region, Ukranian forces were forced to retreat after feeling military might of Russia, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office, said on Telegram.
Citing Ukrainian media outlets, the Russian Defence Ministry’s Zvezda broadcaster reported that explosions were heard in Kiev yesterday.
Eyewitnesses reported strong blasts in the northwest of the Ukrainian capital and its outskirts, and according to some people in Kiev, glass was shaking in apartment buildings, it said. – Xinhua.
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