Residents pass through debris at a site hit by drone strikes in Kyiv on Thursday. ALINA SMUTKO/REUTERS
MOSCOW/KYIV — Russia and Ukraine continued aerial attacks on each other, officials from both sides said, as the fate of ending the conflict remained uncertain.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday that Moscow conducted a massive attack on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv and other locations using long-range, high-precision air-, land-, sea-launched weapons and drones. It made the statement in a Telegram post.
The ministry added that it hit military and energy facilities around Kyiv, as well as military airports in several regions, including in Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk, in what it said was retaliation for Ukraine's attack on civil infrastructure.
The Kremlin said on Thursday that President Vladimir Putin had been briefed about the massive overnight Russian strike on Kyiv, adding that Moscow would continue to increase pressure on Ukraine in order to achieve its goals.
