Smoke billowed out of apartment buildings, some with floors partially collapsed and facades crumbled, in social media photographs posted by emergency officials.
Russia was “deliberately and consciously striking civilian targets”, Timur Tkachenko, the head of the capital’s military administration, said on Telegram.
Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a blaze.Credit: AP
Dozens of explosions also shook the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, cutting power to some areas, Mayor Vitalii Maletskyi said on Telegram.
Russian strikes on Kryvyi Rih in the same region targeted transport and urban infrastructure, Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the military administration, said on Telegram. No
injuries were reported.
In the southern city of Odesa, civilian infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged and fires broke out in several apartment blocks, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram.
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Moscow did not immediately offer comment. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the strikes, but thousands have died in the war Russia launched with a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
For its part, the commander of Ukraine’s drone forces, Robert Brovdi, said it had attacked the Druzhba oil pipeline, which supplies Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, inflicting “comprehensive fire damage”.
As western Ukraine faced the threat of air attacks, Poland activated its and allied aircraft to ensure air safety, the operational command of the Polish armed forces said.
