Russian missiles target cities across Ukraine

Russia unleashed a large missile barrage on cities throughout Ukraine early Thursday, concentrating on vitality infrastructure amenities, Ukrainian officers and media stated.

Air raid sirens wailed throughout Ukraine within the first such missile assault in weeks.

The governor of the northeastern Kharkiv area, Oleh Syniehubov, reported greater than 15 strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest metropolis.

Three Russian rockets launched towards Ukraine from Russia’s Belgorod area are seen at daybreak in Kharkiv, Ukraine (AP Photo/Vadim Belikov)

“Objects of critical infrastructure is again in the crosshairs of the occupants,” he stated in a Telegram publish.

The governor of the southern Odesa area, Maksym Marchenko, additionally reported strikes on Odesa, saying that vitality amenities and residential buildings had been hit.

“The second wave is expected right now, so I ask the residents of the region to stay in shelters!” Marchenko wrote on Telegram, saying the area was hit with a “massive missile attack.”

A Ukrainian tank in direction of fires in direction of Russian positions on the frontline close to Bakhmut, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Explosions had been additionally reported within the northern metropolis of Chernihiv and the western Lviv area.

Explosions had been reported in cities in Dnieper, Lutsk and Rivne.

Russia has been hitting Ukraine with these large missile assaults since final October.

Initially, the barrages concentrating on the nation’s vitality infrastructure occurred weekly, plunging your entire cities into darkness, however grew to become extra unfold out in time, with commentators speculating that Moscow could also be saving up ammunition.

The final large barrage occurred on Feb. 16.