Zelensky: Russia hit Kyiv and 12 regions with 36 ballistic missiles

Massive strikes on energy infrastructure

President Volodymyr Zelensky released details of the overnight attack, during which Russia used 36 ballistic missiles against Kyiv and the Kyiv region. The main target of the enemy forces was the state's energy system.

Damage in the Kyiv region and other areas

According to the head of state, as a result of the strikes on the Kyiv region, substations responsible for transmitting electricity from the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants to Kyiv and the central regions of Ukraine were damaged.

In addition, damage was recorded at energy facilities in the Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

12 regions under threat

In total, as Zelensky noted, Kyiv and another 12 regions of the country came under attack.