Russia attacked Ukraine with dozens of strike drones and ballistic and cruise missiles, focusing on energy infrastructure, the Ukrainian military and local officials have said.
The overnight strikes hit Kyiv and the region around the capital, the Black Sea port Odesa and central Ukraine, they said
At least one person was injured in the Kyiv region, with damage reported in five districts where more than a dozen houses were damaged, regional Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said on theT elegram messaging app.
Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper wrote on Telegram that a night-time drone attack on the energy infrastructure of the region caused fires that had been extinguished.
Russia attacks the Ukrainian energy system almost daily, striking thermal power plants and electrical substations.
Attacks on power stations, the energy transmission system and the gas sector are important elements of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched by Russia on 24 February 2022.
Russia says it is seeking to undermine Ukraine’s ability to fight.
A series of blasts were heard Kyiv starting at around 4am local time, shortly after an air raid alert was issued, with the air force later widening the alert warning nationwide citing the threat of missiles.
“The enemy is attacking the capital with ballistic weapons,” the head of Kyiv’s military administration Tymur Tkachenko said on Telegram, urging people to remain in shelters.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that two wounded people, a woman and a child, were taken to hospitals from the suburbs.
The Ukrainian capital, regularly targeted by Russian missile and drone attacks since the start of the invasion on 24 February 2022, has faced waves of overnight strikes in recent weeks as Moscow has intensified its winter assaults on energy and military infrastructure.
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