Eight people killed, 24 injured in Ukraine’s capital
KYIV
At least eight people were killed and 24 people were injured in Ukraine’s capital in a Russian strike on several cities, according to the country’s authorities.
Strikes were reported in multiple cities across Ukraine, including rare at tacks on the capital Kiev and the western Lviv region.
Zelenskyy said that attacks also took place in Dnipro, Vinnytsia and Ivano-Frankivsk in central Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia in the south and Kharkiv and Sumy regions in the east, among others.
“This morning is difficult. We are dealing with terrorists. Dozens of missiles and Iranian Shaheds. They have two targets. Energy facilities throughout the country,” Zelenskyy said in a video address on social media, adding that “the second target is people”.
“They want panic and chaos, they want to destroy our energy system”, Zelenskyy said.
“There may be temporary power outages now, but there will never be an interruption in our confidence – our confidence in victory,” Zelenskyy added.
Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kiev and several other cities are “unacceptable”, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said.
“This is a demonstration of weakness by (Vladimir) Putin, not strength,” he tweeted, adding that he had contacted his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.
