Thirteen killed, dozens wounded as Russia launches huge drone and missile attack across Ukraine
Thirteen civilians have been confirmed dead and 60 more injured after Russia launched its largest attack on Ukraine in months.
Russia launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Kyiv, as well as targets in the south, west and east of the country, in what military officials said was the biggest aerial barrage of the war so far.
Numerous people were wounded at a maternity hospital in Dnipro, with buildings in the western city of Lviv, the southeastern port of Odesa and the eastern city of Kharkiv also being hit.
Two people were confirmed dead in Kyiv, with a number of people thought to be trapped under the rubble of a warehouse, according to the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko.
Two people were killed in Odesa, with 15 others injured, including two children, after a missile hit a residential building.
"We can say that this was a massive attack," said Ukrainian air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat.
The attack was widely condemned by the international community, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Mr Sunak said: "These widespread attacks on Ukraine's cities show Putin will stop at nothing to achieve his aim of eradicating freedom and democracy.
"We will not let him win.
"We must continue to stand with Ukraine – for as long as it takes."
Last year, Russia pounded Ukraine's power grid with missile strikes, plunging millions of people into darkness.
For weeks, Ukraine had been warning Russia could be stockpiling missiles in order to launch a similar attack on Ukraine's energy systems.
The energy ministry reported power outages in four regions after the latest attack.
In the Lviv region, which borders Poland, impacts were confirmed at a critical infrastructure facility, the president's office said, declining to say which one.
The air force said Russia used hypersonic, cruise and ballistic missiles, including ones which are extremely hard to intercept.
"The enemy targeted social and critical infrastructure," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal added.
The latest attack comes after Russia hit Ukraine on Christmas Day.
Moscow launched 31 drones and two missiles at Ukraine, with both targeting the south of the country.
Ukraine, which marked Christmas on 25 December for the first time in over 100 years, claimed 28 of the 31 drones were destroyed by its air defences.
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