In the most powerful aerial bombardment of its kind since the start of the war, Russian forces fired about 100 rockets into the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities days after withdrawing from Kherson in the south and center of the country. at the G-20 summit in Indonesia.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, after the airstrikes, electricity was cut off in many areas.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia fired more than 100 missiles on the territory of Ukraine.
“According to preliminary information, two residential buildings were hit in the Pechersk region, and anti-aircraft missiles dropped several missiles over Kyiv,” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a statement on social networks.
He later added that “at least” half of Kyiv’s population is now without electricity, noting that “rescuers found a body.”
For his part, Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Timoshenko said in an online statement that the missiles were fired by Russian forces. He added that the situation with the power grid is “critical” after it was hit.
Soon the mayors of Lvov and Kharkiv announced that the two cities had been bombed.
