Explosions in Kyiv after Zelenskyy warns of Russian strikes - DW.com
Russia launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine using ballistic missiles and drones, resulting in at least eight deaths across multiple cities. President Zelenskyy confirmed the scale of the attack, which targeted both residential and logistics infrastructure.
Why it matters
The escalation of attacks on civilian and logistics targets marks a significant intensification in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
At least eight people have been killed in air strikes across Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned of a "massive Russian attack" citing air force reports, as Kyiv in turn again bombed a logistics center.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Hyu7 The Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage spanned regions across Ukraine Advertisement At least eight people were killed in Ukraine overnight as Russia said it conducted airstrikes on targets across the country.
One person was killed in an airstrike on Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, while other fatalities were reported as far west as Lviv.
Explosions were reported over Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia might conduct a "massive attack."
Zelenskyy later wrote that Russia had fired 70 rockets and 280 drones in the attack.
Both Reuters and AFP cited people on the ground as saying they had heard explosions.
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