At least three people have been killed after Russia launched a massive attack across Ukraine, wiping out some power and water supplies.
According to reports, explosions rocked several cities, including Kyiv, earlier, as more than half the country’s regions came under attack.
Russia claims it used high-precision weapons to hit critical infrastructure, even as power outages have been reported in many Ukrainian cities and water supplies disrupted.
The entire country has been under air raid alert, with residents of Kyiv crowding into metro station in search of shelter.
The Monday morning’s wave of missile and drone strikes comes nearly three weeks into a Ukrainian offensive on Russian territory.
Ukraine launched its cross-border attack into the Kursk region on 6 August, and has since claimed to control over 1,000 sq km (386 sq miles) of Russian land.
An estimated 10,000 elite Ukrainian troops burst across the poorly defended border, taking more ground in a matter of days than Russia had won in Ukraine so far this year. Tens of thousands of Russian civilians have been evacuated as the fighting has intensified.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the Kursk operation aimed to capture Russian soldiers – which led to a prisoner swap and the release of 115 Ukrainians in exchange for the same number of Russians on Saturday.
He has also said it was a preventative strike to deter Russian attacks towards the bordering Sumy region of Ukraine, as well as stating there are other goals he could not disclose.
Russia’s aerial barrage across Ukraine is not over, with the Ukrainian Air Force warning that attack drones are headed to several different places around the country.
In an update on the Telegram messaging platform, it says that several groups of attack drones are headed for the capital Kyiv.
The air force also warns that drones appear to be targeting the Vinnytsia, Poltava and Mykolaiv regions around Ukraine.
