Russia pounds Ukraine in heaviest missile strikes of war
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Source: Reuters
KYIV, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Russia pounded cities and energy facilities across Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least one person and causing widespread power outages in what Kyiv said was the heaviest wave of missile strikes in nearly nine months of war.
Missiles rained down on cities including the capital Kyiv, Lviv and Rivne in the west, Kharkiv in the northeast, Kryvyi Rih and Poltava in the centre, Odesa and Mikolaiv in the south and Zhytomyr in the north.
A body was pulled out of a residential building that was hit and set ablaze in central Kyiv, and a senior presidential official said the power situation was "critical" after heavy damage to energy infrastructure. In a video posted online, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians that more missile strikes were possible but added: "We are working, we will restore everything, we will survive."
Power was knocked out in areas of several cities including Kyiv, Lviv and Kharkiv, and the national grid operator announced emergency electricity outages in northern and central regions, and in Kyiv.
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KYIV, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Two residential buildings in central Kyiv were hit during a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said. He wrote on the Telegram messaging app that rescue workers were on the scene and that several missiles had also been shot down but gave no details of any casualties.
Footage posted on social media by the deputy head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office showed flames pouring out of a small apartment block.
A Reuters correspondent who arrived on the scene after the attack said about 15 devastated residents had gathered around the smouldering side of the five-storey apartment block. Officials warned residents to stay in shelter for fear of more attacks.
The missile strike on Kyiv followed air raid warnings across Ukraine hours after Zelenskiy delivered a video address to leaders of the Group of 20 nations who are meeting in Bali.
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