Blasts shake key Ukraine cities, infrastructure in 'massive' Russian missile attack
The latest missile strike comes a week after a record number of Russian drones were launched at Ukraine, setting homes on fire, as pictured.
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Explosions have rocked Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities as Russia carries out a missile attack, Ukrainian and Polish officials say.
As a precautionary measure, Ukrainian officials say they have cut power to a number of regions.
NATO member Poland says it has scrambled its air force and activated all available resources at its disposal.
Blasts shook Ukraine's capital Kyiv and other cities while neighbouring Poland scrambled its air force early on Sunday after the two countries said a Russian missile attack was under way.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia launched 120 missiles and 90 drones in a large-scale attack across Ukraine, targeting its energy infrastructure.
Mr Zelenskyy said Russia deployed various types of drones, including Shaheds, cruise, ballistic and aircraft-launched ballistic missiles.
Ukrainian defence forces shot down 140 air targets, he said in a statement on Telegram.
The combined drone and missile attack was the most powerful in three months, according to the head of Kyiv's City Military Administration Serhii Popko.
"The enemy's target was our energy infrastructure throughout Ukraine," he said.
"Unfortunately, there is damage to objects from hits and falling debris. In Mykolaiv, as a result of a drone attack, two people were killed and six others were injured, including two children."
Blasts were heard in Ukraine's south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia and the Black Sea port of Odesa, Reuters witnesses said, and Ukraine's air force issued air raid alerts for all of the country, although the scale of the attack was unclear.
The air force urged residents to take cover and said a number of missiles, including different types of cruise missile, were flying through Ukrainian air space.
The operational command of NATO member Poland's armed forces posted on X that Polish and allied aircraft "have started operating in our airspace" after the "massive attack" in western Ukraine.
It said it had "activated all available forces and resources at his disposal, the on-duty fighter pairs were scrambled, and the ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems reached the highest state of readiness".
Russia's missile attack targeted power infrastructure across Ukraine, forcing the launch of preventive outages, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Sunday.
"Another massive attack on the power system is taking place," Mr Galushchenko said on the Telegram messaging app.
The missile attack followed an overnight drone strike on Ukraine's capital.
The roof of a residential building caught fire due to falling debris and at least one person was injured, city officials said on the Telegram messaging app.
"Emergency services were dispatched to the scene," Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Ukraine has been on alert for weeks, fearing a major Russian missile attack as winter sets in.
Previous attacks have targeted the power grid and caused sweeping blackouts.
Reuters
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