At least 4 civilians had been killed after Russia launched one other large wave of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine.

Air raid alerts rang out throughout the nation early yesterday morning because the onslaught hit a number of targets in cities, which included Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Kharkiv.

Oleksandr Vilkul, mayor of Kryvyi Rih, stated on the Telegram messaging app: “The enemy is viciously attacking peaceful cities.”

A 62-year-old was killed within the southern metropolis the place 9 missiles hit a procuring centre and scores of homes and blocks of flats. Another civilian was killing in a separate strike however no particulars got.

Two individuals had been killed within the western Khmelnytskyi area, the place important infrastructure was additionally reported to have been hit.

Five blasts had been heard in Zaporizhzhia the place no less than two individuals had been injured. Yuriy Malashko, the regional governor, stated on Telegram: “Missiles hit residential areas.”

Military officers in different cities, together with Dnipro, additionally described coming beneath a “massive missile attack” by Russia.

Ukraine reported that the weapons used within the onslaught included cruise missiles launched no less than 10 occasions by Tu-95 bombers overflying the Caspian Sea.

Missiles had been additionally unleashed from MiG-31K warplanes. And ballistic missiles had been fired from occupied Crimea and the Russian area of Belgorod.

In current weeks, Russia has launched a few of its largest assaults on Kyiv, in addition to Kharkiv.

Yesterday’s assault adopted a sequence of drone and missile assaults on the weekend. Two individuals had been killed and a number of other injured in Kherson. Twelve individuals had been injured in a strike on Dnipro.

At a gathering with households of troopers killed in Ukraine on the eve of Orthodox Christmas on the weekend, Russian president Vladimir Putin stated: “Many of our men, our courageous, heroic guys, Russian warriors, even now, on this holiday, defend the interests of our country with arms in hand.”