Russia fired more than 70 missiles during Friday\u0027s morning rush hour in one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine since the start of the war.
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A woman and child walk past anti-tank steel hedgehogs covered with snow along Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Dec. 15, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Russia had flown warplanes near Ukraine to try to distract its air defenses, Ukraine’s air force said. Its army chief said 60 of 76 Russian missiles had been shot down but Energy Minister German Galushchenko said at least nine power generating facilities had been hit.
A third person died in a fire after shelling in Kherson, authorities said, and Kharkiv in the east was also badly hit.Article content Reuters was unable to immediately verify the latest battlefield accounts but recorded three explosions in the snow-covered capital Kyiv and smoke rising over the city.Ukraine had shot down 37 out of 40 missiles fired at the Kyiv area, Kyiv military spokesperson Mykhailo Shamanov said. The missile attack was one of Russia’s largest since the start of the war, he said.Article content
Poltava in the centre and the regions of Sumi in the north and Odesa on the Black Sea were among places reported hit and several railway lines were also left without power. The push could be launched from the eastern Donbas area, the south or neighbouring Belarus, they said.
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