Russia used strategic bombers, cruise missiles and killer drones in a wave of attacks across Ukraine, while Moscow's military push that Kyiv says has been brewing for days appeared to pick up pace in eastern areas.
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia used strategic bombers, cruise missiles and killer drones in a wave of attacks across Ukraine early Friday, while Moscow's military push that Kyiv says has been brewing for days appeared to pick up pace in eastern areas ahead of the one-year anniversary of itsRussian forces launched 71 cruise missiles, 35 S-300 missiles and seven Shahed drones since late Thursday, Ukraine's military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi said.
But the barrage went further, also taking aim at the capital, Kyiv, and Lviv, near Ukraine's Western border with Poland. It also struck critical infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city in the northeast. Seven people were wounded there, two of them seriously, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.Kyiv believes Moscow is planning a ground assault in the east, where the Kremlin is striving to secure areas it has illegally annexed and where it claims its rule is welcomed.
People gather in a subway station being used as a bomb shelter during a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday. The spokesperson for Ukraine's Air Forces, Yurii Ihnat, told The Associated Press that another missile crossed the airspace of Romania, a NATO member country. Romania's defense ministry denied that, however, saying the closest the missile came to Romania's airspace was approximately 35 kilometers .
Zaporizhzhia City Council Secretary Anatolii Kurtiev said the city had been hit 17 times in one hour, which he said made it the most intense period of attacks since the beginning of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. The Khmelnytskyi province in Western Ukraine was also attacked with Shahed drones, according to regional Gov. Serhii Hamalii.
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