Both Reuters and the Kyiv Independent write that several explosions were heard in the capital Kyiv in the morning hours. There are also reports of attacks on several places throughout Ukraine. – One of the biggest air attacks we have seen, writes Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha on X. President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyj, writes in a message on Telegram that Russia will send around 120 missiles and 90 drones into the country. The Polish military wrote in a message on X Sunday morning that they are activating aircraft to secure the airspace after the Russian attacks. People hide in the metro in Kyiv after an airstrike overnight to Sunday. Photo: Alina Smutko / Reuters Zelenskyj: – Infrastructure was the target The Ukrainian energy minister says that Russia has attacked several power stations in several places in Ukraine. The power has been turned off in three regions of the country, according to the AFP news agency. Reuters writes that several power plants have been damaged, several of which belong to the country’s largest private energy company DTEK. They have not specified what equipment or parts of the power plant were hit. Employees are working to repair the damage. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in the message on Telegram that the target of the Russian attacks was energy infrastructure. He also writes that two people have been killed and several injured after the attack. Reuters writes that two employees of the railway in the city of Dnipro will be killed. Three will also be injured. The number has not been confirmed from other sources. Picture showing some of the missiles fired at Ukraine last night. Critical infrastructure damaged Mayor of Kyiv, Vitalij Klitschko, writes in a message on Telegram that debris from the rockets has fallen in several places in the area around the capital. According to the Kyiv Independent, explosions were heard in the cities of Kropyvnytskyi, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, Cherkasy, Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa and Zaporizhzhya. In Rivne, critical infrastructure has also been damaged, Reuters writes, citing the governor of the city. Although missile attacks are common on the outskirts of Ukraine, it is not usual for Ukrainian cities to be hit by such attacks. Emergency services at a residence outside Mykolajiv on Sunday morning. Photo: State Emergency Service / Reuters Published 17.11.2024, at 07.40 Updated 17.11.2024, at 09.11
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