At least five reported dead in Ukraine after Russian airstrikes
A huge missile and drone attack launched by Russia across Ukrainian territory has left at least five people dead, officials have said.
Power cuts and water outages were reported in numerous parts of the country including in some districts of the capital, Kyiv, as a result of the strikes, which targeted mainly civilian energy infrastructure.
In a video address on Telegram, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, described the attack early on Monday as “one of the biggest combined strikes” on Ukraine over the course of the war.
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The commander of the Ukrainian air force, Mykola Oleshchuk, said Russia launched 127 missiles, of which 102 were intercepted. He added that Russian forces had also launched 109 drones.
