Russia launches new wave of missile strikes on Ukraine, say officials
Ukrainian authorities are reporting a new wave of Russian missile strikes on Thursday, with air raid sirens sounded all across the country
Russia pounded gas production facilities and a major missile factory in new strikes on critical infrastructure, officials said.
It comes as a light blank of snow covered the capital Kyiv and other parts of the country.
Explosions were heard in several parts of the country, including the southern port of Odesa, the capital Kyiv and the central city of Dnipro, and civilians were urged to take shelter as air raid warnings were issued.
Targets included the huge Pivdenmash missile factory in Dnipro, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
Multiple explosions were reported in the city where two infrastructure objects were damaged and at least one person was wounded, according to the Ukrainian president's office.
Air defence systems were operating in the central Kyiv region, Governor Oleksiy Kuleba said. The Kyiv city administration said two missiles were shot down over the capital.
Snow was reported in Ukraine on Thursday morning as the country suffered major power cuts after heavy Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. Moscow has increasingly resorted to targeting Ukraine’s power grid as winter approaches as its battlefield losses mount.
The snow-covered cars parked in the streets of the capital, where many areas were without power in the morning. Kuleba warned on Wednesday that the coming week would be "difficult", with temperatures that could go down "to -10°C".
Meanwhile in the east, Ukraine said it faced fierce attacks from Russian forces reinforced with troops withdrawn from Kherson in the south.
Fighting was heavy in the eastern Donetsk region, including the towns of Pavlivka, Vuhledar,
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