RAINING DEATH
Putin unleashes massive 60 missile barrage on Ukraine causing ‘colossal damage’ & devastating power grid
VLADIMIR Putin has launched a massive attack on Ukraine with at least 60 missiles being fired causing devastating damage to the country's power grid.
Ukrainian officials reported explosions in several regions across the country as the missile strikes hit crucial infrastructure leaving locals without electricity and water.
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The Ukrainian capital had withstood one of the biggest rocket attacks launched by Russian troops with over 40 rockets fired this morning.
Mykhailo Shamanov said air defense forces shot down 37 of them that entered the city's airspace.
A defence reporter for the Kyiv Independent Illia Ponomarenko described it as "one of the war's most intense attacks so far".
In the latest Russian attack, Ukraine's energy system lost over half of its capacity, according to operator Ukrenergo after nine power facilities were hit.
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Ukrainians have been left without electricity and water in Kyiv, Kharkiv and the central city of Poltava.
Kharkiv's mayor Ihor Terekhov, said on Telegram: "Today, our enemy attacked the city of Kharkiv again.
"There is enormous infrastructure damage done primarily to the power system.
"Our municipal services, along with energy workers, have already begun to cope with the consequences of what the enemy has done."
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Oleksiy Kuleba, governor of the Kyiv region, said Russia was "massively attacking" Ukraine.
In the capital, explosions were heard in the northeastern Desnianskyi and western Holosiivskyi district, according to Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko who urged residents to go to shelters.
"The attack on the capital continues," he wrote on Telegram.
Witnesses reported loud explosions through Kyiv while air defence systems were in operation across the country.
"They want to destroy us and make us slaves. But we will not surrender. We will endure," said Lidiya Vasilieva, 53, as she headed for shelter at a Kyiv railway station.
"I want the war over and soon. But I'm ready to wait as long as needed," she added.
Authorities said infrastructure had also been hit in the Black Sea region of Odesa and in Vinnytsia in west-central Ukraine in the latest big wave of missile strikes since October.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the president's office, said a residential building had been hit in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, warning people could be trapped under the rubble.
"Do not ignore air raid alerts, remain in shelters," he wrote on Telegram.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast governor Valentyn Reznichenko said two people have been killed and at least five injured in the attack at Kryvyi Rih.
Ukraine's railway operator said a number of railway lines were left without power.
Officials in the Zaporizhzhia region warned residents to expect more power cuts as engineers try to repair damage caused by the Russian attacks.
Regional governor Oleksandr Starukh wrote on Telegram: "We know of 15 impacts by Russian missiles (in the region).
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"We ask citizens to prepare for possible temporary restrictions during restoration of damaged infrastructure."
Energy company DTEK said it was already enforcing electricity shutdowns in Kyiv to enable repairs.
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