Ukraine has been subjected to “massive” attacks, write the Ukrainian military. They claim that the missiles were sent out from vessels both in the air and at sea, and hit all over the country. The head of the presidential office in Ukraine, Mykhailo Podoljak, wrote on Twitter that the Russians have launched more than 120 missiles against Ukrainian targets. Mykhailo Podoljak is the chief of staff of President Zelenskyj’s office. Photo: GENYA SAVILOV / AFP He claims that these were sent out to “destroy critical infrastructure” and carry out “mass murder of civilians”. Reuters reported early Thursday morning that explosions could be heard in Kyiv. The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, tells Reuters that the city has been hit by a series of explosions from Russian missiles, Terekhov further says that the authorities are working to find out what has been hit and whether anyone has been injured. Rejects Ukraine’s “peace formula” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said early on Thursday that Russia was not going to use President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s “peace formula” as a basis for talks. He is quoted by the state news agency RIA in Russia, and believes that Kyiv is still not ready for real peace talks. Russia demands that the Ukrainian authorities give up four regions that they have occupied. The fighting is still taking place near the recently liberated city of Kherson, where especially the area near the Dnipro river is exposed to bombing and artillery attacks. The Russian authorities demand that Ukraine, among other things, give up Donetsk. Here, a Ukrainian soldier fires an explosive charge at Russian targets in the area. Photo: Libkos / AP These are from the Russian forces, who retreated to the east bank of this river when the Ukrainians retook the city last month. On Wednesday, the maternity ward at a hospital was hit by the fighting, but no one was injured. This is reported by the chief of staff to the Ukrainian president. Reuters has interviewed a woman who had just given birth to her first child in the ward. Her name is Olha Prysidko, and she got through the attack unscathed. – It was terrifying. The explosions started suddenly, the handle on a window started to loosen. My hands are still shaking. – When we got down to the basement, the shooting had not stopped. Not for a minute. Moscow has repeatedly denied that the Russian forces attack civilian targets.
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