Russia had been preparing for today's massive attack on Ukraine for a long time, combining ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones in an effort to inflict the maximum possible damage on civilian infrastructure.
According to Ukrinform, President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a Facebook post.
He said Ukrainian emergency services had been working at the sites of Russian strikes since overnight.
"It was a massive attack – the Russians had been preparing for a long time, combining different types of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones, aiming to cause as much damage as possible to civilian infrastructure. There is destruction in Kyiv and the region, as well as in the Odesa and Chernihiv regions," Zelensky said.
In the capital, residential buildings were damaged, including a high-rise whose upper floors were destroyed, as well as a children's hospital and a school. Emergency response and rescue operations are ongoing. As of now, the Russian strike has claimed the lives of 12 people in Kyiv, with one person killed in the region. Around 40 more people were injured.
