Russian air attacks hit Ukraine cities from east to west, at least 14 hurt

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Russian air attacks hit Ukraine cities from east to west, at least 14 hurt

Reports of attacks on Ukraine’s Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskiy, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv regions.

An explosion in the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone and missile attack in May, 2023 [File: Gleb Garanich/Reuters]

Published On 21 Sep 202321 Sep 2023


At least 14 people have been injured in a large-scale Russian missile attack on at least eight regions in Ukraine, according to local officials.

“Since the beginning of the current day, the Russian occupiers have launched a massive missile attack on the civilian infrastructure of a number of regions,” Ukraine’s General Staff said on Thursday morning.

Seven people were reported injured in the capital, Kyiv, including a nine-year-old girl, the city’s Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said. Some residential and commercial buildings suffered damaged.

Missile debris fell in central Kyiv and non-residential buildings were damaged in the east of the city, causing a fire, he said.

Russia launched more than 20 cruise missile against targets in Kyiv overnight, said Sergiy Popko, head of the city’s military administration.

“According to initial reports, cruise missiles of the X-101/555/55 type were launched from about 10 Tu-95MS strategic aircraft,” Popko said on the Telegram messaging app.

“More than 20 enemy targets were destroyed by air defence forces…. As a result of the downing of the missiles, debris fell in several areas of the capital,” he said.

Officials and local media also reported attacks in Ukraine’s Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskiy, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.

At least six blasts hit the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv, damaging civilian infrastructure, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

Two people had been sent to hospitals, according to reports.

Seven people were injured and at least one person was rescued from beneath rubble in the Cherkasy region, said Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs.

An industrial zone was hit in the western Lviv region, damaging buildings and starting a fire but no information on casualties was immediately available, Klymenko said.

Air attacks were also reported in Rivne city in the region of the same name, Governor Vitalii Koval said without providing details.

More to follow soon.