Drones and missiles have been reported in Kiev, Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Lviv. At least 132 people have been injured and a Dnipro maternity facility has been damaged
Russia has launched a massive missile attack on cities across Ukraine with explosions reported in Kiev, Odessa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Lviv, and others.
On Friday morning, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said 26 people had been killed across the country and police said 132 were injured.
Reports from individual regions put the death toll as high as 27:
Three dead and 13 were injured in Kharkiv, four killed and 27 injured in Odesa, six dead and 22 injured in Kiev, six dead in Dnipro. A maternity hospital is reported to have been hit. One dead and 24 injured in Lviv, seven dead and 12 injured in Zaporizhzhia. Those numbers could rise further.
Kyiv Post reporters in the center of Kiev counted at least nine explosions on Friday morning. The Air Force later said it had shot down more than 30 targets over the capital.
Photos and videos posted to social media showed smoke rising from at least two places in Kiev.
One video appeared to show a fire on top of a residential building. /KyivPost