Russia fires 120 missiles from air and sea - Ukraine - BBC

An aerial raid alert has been issued crossed Ukraine, arsenic a caller question of Russian missiles targets large cities.

Presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said much than 120 missiles had been launched astatine the colonisation and civilian infrastructure.

At slightest 2 explosions were heard successful the superior Kyiv, but it was unclear whether these were caused by rocket strikes oregon aerial defences.

Blasts were besides heard successful the cities of Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv and Zhytomyr.

The determination person of the confederate state of Odesa, Maksym Marchenko, spoke of a "massive rocket onslaught connected Ukraine".

The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia was attacking the state from "various directions with aerial and sea-based cruise missiles". It added that a fig of Kamikaze drones had besides been used.

Air raid alerts sounded successful each regions of the state connected Thursday morning. Presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych urged civilians to question structure and said the country's aerial defences were operating.

In Kyiv, the metropolis subject medication said debris from a downed rocket had struck a backstage building, and Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said "several explosions" had been reported successful the capital.

In the confederate portion of Mykolaiv, Governor Vitaly Kim wrote that 5 missiles were intercepted by aerial defences.

And successful the Western metropolis of Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy said respective explosions had been reported.

Mr Podolyak accused Moscow of seeking "to destruct captious infrastructure and termination civilians en masse".

Dozens of Russian attacks person pounded Ukraine successful caller weeks, causing repeated powerfulness cuts crossed the country. The politician of Lviv said connected Thursday that 90% of his metropolis was without power, portion Mr Klitschko warned determination could beryllium caller powerfulness and h2o cuts successful the capital.

Power cuts person already been reported successful Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk. "They are introduced owed to the menace of rocket attacks, successful bid to debar important harm if the force manages to deed vigor facilities," the DTEK vigor supplier wrote.

Oleksandr Vilkul, caput of the Military Administration successful the cardinal metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, said missiles fired astatine his metropolis had been launched from Russian "ships and planes from the Black Sea". Power successful the metropolis had been switched disconnected arsenic a "precaution", helium added.

Ukraine's confederate bid had already issued a informing that Russian unit were preparing to motorboat up to 20 missiles from positions successful the Black Sea.

In 1 barrage earlier this month, Ukraine changeable down 60 of much than 70 missiles fired by Russian forces. Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians successful its rocket strikes.

However, President Vladimir Putin has precocious admitted that Russian troops person been hitting Ukraine's captious vigor facilities.

The admittance followed allegations from immoderate planetary leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, that targeting vigor facilities could magnitude to a warfare crime.

The authorities successful Kyiv has pleaded with Western leaders to supply it with further aerial defences, and US President Joe Biden precocious agreed to proviso its Patriot system.