The Russian attack - targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure - was the first of its kind on such a scale for three weeks. Air raid alerts were sounded across the country as the airstrikes knocked out power, with residential areas also hit.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said explosions were reported in the city's Holosiivskyi district and emergency services were heading there.
"Objects of critical infrastructure is again in the crosshairs of the occupants," said Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov in a Telegram post after 15 missiles struck the eastern Ukrainian city and the outlying northeastern region, hitting residential buildings.Energy facilities and residential buildings were also hit in the southern Odesa region, according to its governor Maksym Marchenko.
"The second wave is expected right now, so I ask the residents of the region to stay in shelters!" he wrote on the Telegram messaging app.Preventive emergency power cuts were applied in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Odesa regions, supplier DTEK said.
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