Russia launches massive overnight strikes on Ukrainian cities: What is known
Photo: Russia launches another massive attack on Ukraine (State Emergency Service of Ukraine social media)
Russia has been launching missile attacks on Ukrainian cities since last night. Kyiv, Kremenchuk, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and Pryluky were among the cities targeted by the enemy strikes.
What is known so far about the consequences of Russia's attack is detailed in the RBC-Ukraine material below.
Kyiv
The enemy attacked the capital with ballistic missiles in several waves. Russia launched its first salvo of missiles at Kyiv shortly after 3 a.m. Kyiv time.
In the morning, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported that two people had been killed in the capital as a result of the attack.
According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, impacts were recorded in the Podilskyi, Obolonskyi, Darnytskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi districts.
Photo: the damaged streets of Kyiv (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: the damaged streets of Kyiv (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: the damaged streets of Kyiv (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: the damaged streets of Kyiv (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: the damaged streets of Kyiv (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: the damaged streets of Kyiv (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: the damaged streets of Kyiv (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: the damaged streets of Kyiv (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: the damaged streets of Kyiv (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: the damaged streets of Kyiv (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Kremenchuk
After 6 a.m., Head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration Vitalii Diakivnych reported a massive missile and drone attack on the region, as well as explosions in Kremenchuk. According to the Air Force, groups of cruise missiles were heading toward the city.
Later, Diakivnych said that a strike had been recorded in a residential area of Kremenchuk, damaging apartment buildings. A hit was also recorded at an enterprise in the Kremenchuk district.
Photo: Aftermath of the Russian strike in Kremenchuk (Poltava Regional Military Administration)
As a result of the massive overnight attack on October 7, a number of apartment buildings and private homes were damaged in Kremenchuk. These are among the most extensive residential housing destructions in the city since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Russia attacked the city with a combination of missiles and drones.
The damaged buildings had their windows blown out, and their facades and structural elements were damaged. Residents' cars were also affected, according to Kremenchuk Mayor Vitalii Maletskyi.
Photo: aftermath of the attack on Kremenchuk, October 7 (t.me/vitalii_maletskyi)
Photo: aftermath of the attack on Kremenchuk, October 7 (t.me/vitalii_maletskyi)
Photo: aftermath of the attack on Kremenchuk, October 7 (t.me/vitalii_maletskyi)
Photo: aftermath of the attack on Kremenchuk, October 7 (t.me/vitalii_maletskyi)
Photo: aftermath of the attack on Kremenchuk, October 7 (t.me/vitalii_maletskyi)
Photo: aftermath of the attack on Kremenchuk, October 7 (t.me/vitalii_maletskyi)
Medics are helping everyone who needs assistance. City and municipal services are working at the scene, documenting the damage, helping residents, and clearing the aftermath of the strike.
"Everyone who needs assistance will receive it," Maletskyi assured.
Updated. Later, Mayor Maletskyi added that a 72-year-old woman was killed in the attack. Her body was found under the rubble of a private house.
Vitalii Diakivnych added that two people were killed and seven others were injured.
Dnipro
According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Russia struck an industrial enterprise in Dnipro overnight.
Zaporizhzhia
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy struck transport infrastructure facilities.
Pryluky
In the morning, the Pryluky City Council reported an enemy attack on the city that damaged civilian and municipal infrastructure.
Updated. People were killed when a five-story building collapsed as a result of the attack. There were also injuries, the regional military administration reported.
Photo: Aftermath of the Russian strike (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: Aftermath of the Russian strike (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: Aftermath of the Russian strike (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: Aftermath of the Russian strike (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
Photo: Aftermath of the Russian strike (The State Emergency Service of Ukraine)
The rubble is still being cleared.
Kirovohrad region
Oleksandriia Mayor Serhii Kuzmenko reported that Russia had struck the city's critical infrastructure. According to him, there were injuries.
