Ukraine-Russia war latest: Four dead after Putin launches major assault on Ukraine’s two largest cities
At least four people have died in Russia’s most intense aerial bombardment of Ukraine so far this year, with strikes targeting Kyiv and Kharkiv overnight.
Telegram channels monitoring the conflict suggested as many as 20 ballistic missiles were launched in the space of just an hour overnight, with Kyiv officials confirming the capital suffered a short but powerful onslaught.
In Kharkiv, the strikes claimed four lives and injured at least six others, with missiles striking targets on the outskirts of the northeastern city.
The attack came hours after Russia was roundly condemned at an emergency UN Security Council meeting for firing its Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile at Lviv, just 50 miles from the border with Nato member Poland.
US deputy ambassador to the UN Tammy Bruce accused Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of its nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to broker a ceasefire.
