“Part of the city is without electricity. In the western city of Lviv, mayor Andriy Sadovyi said an explosion hit “a critical infrastructure facility.” A children’s playground was among the sites hit by a rocket or missile, according to Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, who tweeted images of a smoldering crater in the ground next to the site. “If attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory continue, responses from Russia will be tough and will correspond in scale to the level of threats to the Russian Federation.”Īt least four explosions were heard in Ukraine’s capital during rush hour on Monday morning. “It is simply impossible to leave such crimes unanswered,” Putin said in a brief television appearance on Monday. A wounded Vladimir Putin, who has also seen weeks of Russian losses on the battlefield, had been under pressure to respond with force following the explosion, which Putin on Sunday blamed on Kyiv and described as an act of terror.Ĭars burn after a Russian military strike in Kyiv.
It comes two days after an eruption damaged a crucial bridge to Crimea and dealt a strategic blow to the Kremlin. The assault appears to be the heaviest bombardment of missile and rocket attacks seen in most of Ukraine since February, targeting power plants, bridges, civilian infrastructure and other locations. Twenty-four Russian attack drones were also used in the salvo, 13 of which were destroyed. Moscow fired at least 84 cruise missiles toward Ukraine on Monday, the Ukrainian military said, 43 of which were neutralized by missile defense systems. Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities reported blasts and power outages on Monday morning, as Russia lashed out with a massive wave of violent airstrikes that carried echoes of the initial days of its invasion.Īt least 11 people were killed in the strikes, while 64 were wounded, the Ukrainian emergency services said.
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