At the very least 20 folks have been killed after Russia launched an enormous missile assault in opposition to cities throughout Ukraine, in accordance with officers.
Within the capital, Kyiv, not less than seven folks have been killed in a uncommon daytime assault. The town’s mayor mentioned a youngsters’s hospital was hit by the missile strike and was being evacuated.
The top of the navy administration within the central Ukrainian metropolis of Kryvy Rih mentioned not less than 10 folks had been killed there, with three killed within the jap city of Pokrovsk.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who’s visiting Poland, mentioned that Russia had fired some 40 miles at targets throughout the nation.
Mr Zelensky, who is because of journey to the US for this week’s Nato summit in Washington, mentioned Russia had “massively attacked” Ukraine.
“Totally different cities: Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvy Rih, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk. Greater than 40 missiles of varied varieties. Residential buildings, infrastructure and a youngsters’s hospital have been broken,” he mentioned.
Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the navy administration in Kryvy Rih, posted on the Telegram messaging app that not less than 10 folks have been killed and 31 wounded following the assault on town. Of these, he mentioned 10 have been severely injured.
Plumes of smoke might be seen throughout the capital Kyiv, whereas video posted on social media confirmed the destruction inside and out of doors of the Okhmadyt youngsters’s hospital. It isn’t clear if anybody inside was injured.
