Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine, injuring 21, killing 4 – UPDATED

Russian forces launched missiles at Ukraine on the morning of 26 August. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that 15 Ukraine’s oblasts were affected by the massive Russian attack.

Explosions have been reported in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Odesa, and Khmelnytskyi oblasts.

There are power outages in several cities. Ukrainian National Energy Company Ukrenergo introduced emergency blackouts.

The Russian attack caused power outages in several districts of Kyiv. According to Klitschko, the interruptions are due to “problems in the all-Ukrainian energy network.” Russian attack injured three people, including a 5-month-old baby, and damaged an infrastructure facility and private houses.

The city mayor said that as of 11 am, power and utility companies had restored water supply equipment on the right bank of the Dnipro River in the capital.

Two power facilities were damaged in the Kyiv Oblast, the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration said.

An apartment building was damaged due to a Russian attack in Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, according to the city mayor. Local authorities reported one death in the city.

At about 10 am Russian troops hit one more apartment building in the city, injuring one more person, Governor Yurii Pohuliayko said.

Lviv Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said that Russia attacked several energy facilities. There were temporary power outages in Lviv and the oblast.

Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov said the Russian missile hit an energy infrastructure facility in the oblast. “The traffic across the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station dam will be temporarily blocked,” he said. One person is reportedly injured, and one is killed.

A power facility was also hit in Rivne Oblast. The attack damaged residential buildings; there were no casualties.

In Poltava Oblast, an industrial facility was attacked. Five people were injured, Governor Filip Pronin said.

Dnipro Governor Serhii Lysak said about one died due to the Russian attack on the Oblast, and one was injured. Russia hit residential buildings on the oblast.

Russia also hit residential buildings and critical infrastructure facilities in Zhytomyr Oblast. A woman was reportedly dead in the oblast, Governor Viltaliy Bunechko said. The water supply was stopped due to a power outage.

Russia’s attack injured three people in Mykolaiv Oblast, Governor Vitaliy Kim said. According to him, the situation with the electricity supply is not critical.

Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper said that the Russian morning attack injured seven people, including a 10-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy. According to the governor, the falling debris damaged private houses and many cars.

Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russia deployed six long-range Tu-22M3 strategic bombers before the attack.

Poland activated its air force in response to a large-scale Russian missile attack on Ukraine. According to Polish military sources, the last such intensification of Russian air activity resulting in strikes on western Ukraine was recorded on 8 July this year, when Russia hit the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv.

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