Multiple regions of Ukraine, including its capital, faced a massive Russian missile attack Thursday, the biggest wave of strikes in weeks targeting national infrastructure.
, including its capital, faced a massive Russian missile attack Thursday, the biggest wave of strikes in weeks targeting national infrastructure. Russia dispatched explosive drones to selected regions overnight before broadening the barrage with"air and sea-based cruise missiles launched from strategic aircraft and ships" in the morning, the Ukrainian air force reported. It depicted the attack as"massive," according to Agence France-Presse.
Ukrainian authorities in several regions said many incoming Russian missiles were intercepted Thursday. Authorities in Kyiv said all 16 missiles that targeted the capital were downed, AFP reported, adding that 40% of Kyiv had no power. Rescuers work at a site of private houses heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on Dec. 29, 2022.Numerous explosions also took place in Kharkiv, which is in eastern Ukraine and the country's second-largest city, and in the city of Lviv near the border with Poland, according to their mayors.
The governor of southern Ukraine's Mykolaiv province, Vitaliy Kim, said five missiles were shot down over the Black Sea. The Ukrainian military's command North said two were downed over the Sumy region, located on the border with Russia in the country's northeast. "We're waiting for further proposals from 'peacekeepers' about 'peaceful settlement,' 'security guarantees for RF' and undesirability of provocations," Podolyak tweeted, a sarcastic reference to statements from some in the West who urged Ukraine to seek a political settlement of the conflict.
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