Russia targeted Ukraine's energy sector in massive attack, Zelenskyy says

"One of the key targets was our energy infrastructure," Zelenskyy said. According to him, the Russians wanted to strike painfully and demonstratively. The president called the attack one of the most vile.

Overall, the Russians launched 70 missiles, many of them ballistic. Shahed drones were also used. Only some of them were shot down. Kyiv's infrastructure and 12 regions came under attack overnight.

Destruction in Pryluky, Dnipro and Kremenchuk

According to Zelenskyy, on the birthday of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, the Russian army destroyed a residential building in Pryluky, Chernihiv region. It was an ordinary five-story apartment building.

As of now, five people are known to have been killed and 26 injured, including five children. People may still be under the rubble, so rescuers continue working at the site without interruption and are doing everything possible to find everyone.

Russian missile strikes also damaged five apartment buildings in Dnipro and four high-rise buildings in Kremenchuk. Two people were killed, and eight were injured.

In Zaporizhzhia, a drone damaged a high-rise building. The Russians killed two people in Kyiv, while two others were killed in Oleksandriia.

"Russian ballistic missiles remain the greatest challenge. And air defense packages for us right now are a vital necessity," Zelenskyy stressed.

According to him, Ukraine is searching every day for Patriot missiles. They can and must truly protect people's lives in Ukrainian skies.

Ukraine's Lima electronic warfare system diverted two Russian ballistic missiles from Kyiv this year that were heading toward a government facility, according to The Wall Street Journal.

A rescue operation is underway in Pryluky at the site of a five-story building destroyed by a Russian missile.