Zelensky calls on allies to allow Western-supplied missiles to be fired deeper into Russia
Russian missiles have injured at least 47 people in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, according to Ukrainian officials.
The attack came after Moscow said Kyiv had launched one of the biggest drone strikes against it since the full-scale war began.
Following the attack on Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on his country's allies to allow Ukraine to fire Western-supplied missiles deeper into enemy territory to reduce the military threat posed by Russia.
"Russia is once again terrorising Kharkiv, striking civilian infrastructure and the city itself," Mr Zelensky said on his Telegram channel.
"All the necessary forces of the world must be brought in to stop this terror."
Ukrainian officials said the the Kharkiv attack involved at least 10 missiles.
Mr Zelensky also posted on X to say how vital it is "to bring peace closer and save lives by allowing long-range strikes and providing the appropriate long-range missiles and shells".
He added: "No Russian missile, no Russian strike should go without a just response – response with weapons, sanctions, the right policies, economic support for Ukraine and justice."
Russia is continuing to press its offensive in eastern Ukraine while trying to remove Ukrainian forces that broke through its western border in a surprise incursion earlier last month.
Last week, Russia hit Ukraine with its heaviest airstrikes of the war, hitting targets including energy facilities.
Ukraine, with its growing drone industry, has in return increased attacks on Russian infrastructure and is urging Western allies to provide more powerful weapons to inflict greater damage within Russia and weaken Moscow’s military capabilities.
On Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said that its defences had managed to shoot down 24 out of 52 drones launched by Russia during overnight attacks on eight regions across Ukraine.
It said the drones were downed in the Poltava, Cherkasy, Kyrovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions of central Ukraine, in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions in the north and the Mykolayiv region in the south.
There were no reports of anybody being hurt in the attacks or of any major damage being caused.
Ukraine uses electronic warfare as well as mobile hunting groups and aerial defences to repel frequent Russian drone and missile strikes.
Moscow has denied targeting civilians and says damaging Ukraine's energy system is a legitimate military goal.
Join Our Newsletter
