The military advised civilians to seek out bomb shelters and stated that the strikes were still going on. It was unclear at first how big the onslaught was.
According to regional officials early on Tuesday, Russia launched yet another massive drone attack on Ukraine, devastating a maternity facility in the southern port of Odesa and hitting Kyiv.
The assaults during the night come after Russia launched its largest drone strike on Ukraine on Monday, as part of stepped-up operations that Moscow claimed were a response to Kyiv’s recent blatant attacks inside Russia.
A few hours after midnight on Tuesday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on the Telegram messaging app that four districts in Kyiv, including the historic Podil neighborhood, had received medical calls.
The military advised civilians to seek out bomb shelters and stated that the strikes were still going on. It was unclear at first how big the onslaught was.
Timur Tkachenko, the commander of Kyiv’s military administration, posted on the Telegram messaging service that “enemy drones are attacking multiple districts of the city at the same time.” “There are fires and damage to residential properties. The sites are being worked on by rescuers.
Throughout the city, Reuters’ witnesses reported a string of deafening explosions.
Oleh Kiper, the governor of the larger Odesa region, posted on Telegram that a “massive” drone attack had targeted residential structures, a maternity unit, and an emergency medical facility in the southern port of Odesa.
According to Kiper, there were no injuries at the maternity facility, and both patients and staff were evacuated. He shared pictures of damaged building facades and smashed windows in what appeared to be a medical facility.
In the conflict that Russia started against Ukraine over three years ago, both sides deny attacking civilians. However, the conflict has claimed thousands of civilian lives, the vast majority of whom were Ukrainian.
