Russia launches another wave of missile strikes across Ukraine
Attack is the sixth since early October and authorities in Kyiv said energy infrastructure was again being targeted
Russia has unleashed another wave of rocket, drone and missile strikes across Ukraine in its sixth mass attack since early October.
Ukraine's authorities said the attack, like the previous five, was aimed at destroying the country's energy system.
Strikes on critical infrastructure in Odesa and Dnipro were confirmed by the presidential administration and the regional heads on Thursday morning. Three people were reportedly injured in Odesa region its authorities said, while a another 14 people were injured, including a teenager, in the strike on Dnipro city, according to its mayor, Borys Filatov. The Dnipro regional administration reported that five people were injured.
Two rockets and an Iranian Shahed drone were shot down over Kyiv, according to the head of Kyiv region, Dmytro Kuleba.
The head of Mykolaiv region reported that Iranian-supplied Shahed drones were at work over his region. He also said a rocket had been launched in their direction from the Black Sea. He did not confirm whether the attacks had hit their targets. Crooked, toothless, miserable petty thieves - all you need to know about the Russian army," he later added on Telegram.