At least ten people have been killed, and dozens more have been injured, after Russia launched a major overnight assault on cities across Ukraine.
Six people were killed in Dnipro and 36 were injured following the strikes in the early hours of Tuesday. Four people were killed in Kyiv, and at least 51 were injured – with 35 of those in hospital, officials said.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two high-rise apartment buildings had been hit in the city, and there are fears people are trapped under rubble. Air raid warnings were in place across most of Ukraine. Large plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the center of Kyiv.
Moscow last week warned it would launch “systematic strikes” on Ukraine in response to a drone attack last month on a dormitory in Ukraine’s Russian-held Luhansk region, which killed 21 people.
The attacks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday reiterated warnings of a possible large Russian strike and urged residents to pay special attention to air raid alerts.
“Intelligence warnings regarding Russian strikes remain in effect. A massive strike is possible; they have prepared one,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address.
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