Authorities in a number of Ukrainian cities are reporting rocket and missile assaults Monday morning.
In central Dnipropetrovsk, Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the regional navy administration, mentioned there had been a “huge rocket assault on the area. There are lifeless and wounded.”
“Don’t come out of the shelters. There may be nonetheless a risk of rocket assaults,” Reznichenko posted on Telegram.
Authorities in northeastern Kharkiv additionally reported assaults. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv navy administration, mentioned there have been explosions within the metropolis.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov mentioned “preliminary experiences point out three strikes on Kharkiv.”
“The affect was at an vitality infrastructure facility. Some areas of the town misplaced energy, there is no such thing as a water provide,” he mentioned.
Within the south, Vitalii Kim, head of the Mykolaiv area civil navy administration, mentioned Tu-95 bombers had launched waves of missile assaults, with 47 “projectiles” fired.
Air defenses had shot down three rockets, he mentioned. The Russians had been additionally utilizing Iranian-made assault drones, he added.
“Cowards are hitting the essential infrastructure (all through all Ukraine),” Kim mentioned.
Explosions had been additionally reported early Monday within the western metropolis of Lviv and the capital, Kyiv, the place at the very least 5 individuals had been killed. Casualties had been additionally reported within the southeastern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia after a Russian missile strike destroyed an condominium block.