Ukraine war: Russia strikes energy facilities in several cities, Mykolaiv 'residential block' hit
More Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities have been reported, the day after at least nine people were killed in the latest wave of attacks using missiles and so-called "kamikaze drones".
A Russian missile struck an apartment building in the southern Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv early on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said.
The missile, which caused one of three explosions heard, completely destroyed one wing of the building in the city centre, leaving a massive crater.
A fire crew pulled the dead body of a man from the rubble, the witness said, and President Zelenskyy confirmed that one person had died in the attack.
Power facilities have again been targeted on Tuesday in several cities around the country, including the capital. Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure in northern Kyiv, causing several explosions and sending smoke rising over the city, officials and witnesses said.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office, said there had been three Russian strikes on an unspecified energy facility. The city mayor said the attack was on "critical infrastructure" and emergency workers were heading there.
The government has also confirmed fresh strikes on energy infrastructure in Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Zhytomyr around 100 kilometres to the west of the capital.
In Dnipro, where Tymoshenko said there was "serious damage", the local governor said several districts were without power.
"Ukraine is under fire by the occupiers. They continue to do what they do best — terrorise and kill civilians," Zelenskyy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "The terrorist state will not change anything for itself with such actions. It will only confirm its destructive and murderous essence, for which it will certainly be held to
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