Russia hits Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro in one of deadliest attacks on Ukraine

Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles astatine cities overnight connected Thursday crossed Ukraine including the superior Kyiv, sidesplitting astatine slightest 16 radical and injuring scores, authorities said.

Ukraine's aerial unit said Russia launched 659 drones and 44 missiles, of which it changeable down oregon neutralised 636 drones and 31 missiles.

Four radical were killed successful Kyiv, including a 12-year-old, and astatine slightest 50 others were injured, according to section authorities.

The onslaught caused harm successful respective locations successful the Ukrainian capital, including residential buildings, a hotel, and an bureau building, Kyiv's politician Vitali Klitschko wrote connected Telegram. Several fires broke retired arsenic a effect of fallen rocket debris.

Russia’s attacks carried connected into the aboriginal hours of Thursday, Klitschko added, reporting that a low-flying drone crashed into an 18-storey building.

Several explosions were besides reported successful the confederate larboard metropolis of Odesa, wherever 9 radical were killed and astatine slightest 11 injured.

Russia struck a high-rise residential building, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine wrote connected Telegram.

"As a effect of the hit, a occurrence broke out, important harm was recorded, and immoderate of the apartments were wholly destroyed," the connection read.

Several different residential buildings, larboard infrastructure and warehouses were besides damaged arsenic a effect of the attack.

Dnipro besides came nether dense fire, marking the 2nd clip the metropolis was targeted this week, according to section media. At slightest 2 radical were killed, and dozens were injured successful attacks that acceptable buildings ablaze successful respective residential neighbourhoods.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the deadly onslaught connected civilian targets showed that "there tin beryllium nary normalisation of Russia arsenic it is today."

"Another nighttime has proven that Russia does not merit immoderate easing of planetary argumentation oregon lifting of sanctions," helium said successful a station connected X.

"Russia is betting connected war, and the effect indispensable beryllium precisely that: we indispensable support lives with each disposable means, and we indispensable besides use unit for the involvement of bid with the aforesaid afloat force," Zelenskyy added.

At slightest 100 radical were wounded successful the strikes, according to the Ukrainian president, citing officials.

Search and rescue operations were ongoing, and the decease toll was expected to rise, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said.

The latest onslaught comes arsenic Zelenskyy visited Germany, Norway and Italy successful an effort to root much defence systems, arsenic Russia's all-out warfare continues into its 5th year.

Zelenskyy thanked the 3 countries for the caller agreements reached and noted that officials are besides moving with the Netherlands to unafraid further supplies.

The Ukrainian leader, however, criticised immoderate allies for failing to travel done connected their pledges of subject enactment and reiterated the request to summation unit connected Russia.

"Russia does not merit immoderate easing of planetary argumentation oregon lifting of sanctions," Zelenskyy wrote successful a station connected X. "Pressure connected Russia indispensable work. And it is important to fulfill each committedness of assistance to Ukraine connected time".

"There are galore governmental commitments by partners that person already been announced but not yet implemented," helium concluded.