Ukrainian officials said Wednesday Russian forces launched overnight attacks involving ballistic missiles and more than 120 drones, killing at least one person in Kyiv.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that three other people also were injured as a result of the attacks.
Kyiv emergency services reported fires and other damage at buildings in four districts in the city.
Ukraine’s military said missiles also targeted the city of Kryvyi Rih, located in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The regional governor, Serhiy Lysak, said on Telegram that Russian attacks damaged a school, hotel, administrative building and three apartment buildings.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down six missiles and 71 of the 123 drones that Russian forces deployed, the Ukrainian air force said.
Drone intercepts took place over the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy and Zhytomyr regions.
“Putin is not preparing for peace – he continues to kill Ukrainians and destroy cities,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on the Telegram messaging app. “Right now, we need the unity and support of all our partners in the fight for a just end to this war.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday it shot down three Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region.
