The Russian defence ministry said Wednesday's attack hit Kyiv and other regions, plus port facilities and vessels in the Odesa region, after Kyiv reported building and warehouse damage.
Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that its forces had carried out a massive strike on targets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions. The ministry also said the attack hit port facilities in the Odesa region and sea vessels used in the interests of Ukraine's armed forces, Reuters reported from Moscow.
The claim is a new official description of the overnight barrage. Earlier on Wednesday, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said strikes damaged buildings and warehouses in the capital, and a Reuters witness heard explosions. The Kyiv Post reported hits in several districts, including warehouse facilities in Podilskyi.
Reuters photographs from Wednesday showed people sheltering in a metro station in Kyiv and smoke over the city. The defence ministry dispatch did not give a casualty count or name the vessels it said were hit.
Dnipropetrovsk governor Oleksandr Hanzha had separately said an air strike damaged an industrial facility in Dnipro. That report was not repeated in the defence ministry item.
No Ukrainian military confirmation of the Odesa port or vessel claims was included in the Reuters account of the Russian statement. The next factual marker is any casualty or damage update from Odesa or the city of Kyiv.
People Sentiments Negative
- Vitali Klitschko said buildings and warehouses were damaged in Kyiv.
- Russia's defence ministry called the strike massive.