Officials claim that Russia launched a “massive attack missile against Ukraine” to knock out our power and force people to seek shelter in shelters throughout the country.

Social media reports that there were explosions in Kyiv, the capital, and the northeastern Kharkiv. On Friday, sirens sounded warnings about a new Russian strike on critical infrastructure and energy facilities.

Also, the Black Sea region of Odesa was targeted, which included the central cities Vinnytsia and Poltava as well as the northern Sumy area.

As air defense systems were activated across Ukraine, there was no immediate news of casualties.

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Oleksii Kuleba (head of Kyiv’s regional military administration) stated that “the enemy is massively attacking.”

Local officials stated that people were trapped beneath the rubble of a Kryvyi Rih residential building.