Russian Missiles Kill At Least 25 Sleeping Civilians in Ukraine

Russian missiles hit cities across Ukraine as people slept on Friday (local time), claiming the lives of at least 25 civilians. It was the first large-scale air strike by Russia in nearly two months.

A residential apartment was hit by a Russian missile in the central town of Uman. Rescue operations on to search out survivors. Ukraine officials said at least 23 civilians were killed, including four children. Around 109 people lived in the part of the block that was hit by the Russian missile.

In the southeastern city of Dnipro, a missile killed a two-year-old child and a 31-year-old woman. The missile crashed through an apartment window.

Moscow said it had targeted locations of Ukrainian reserve troops and had struck them successfully, preventing them from reaching the front. It supplied no evidence to support this.

The capital Kyiv was also hit by missiles. Russian missiles targeted the central cities of Kremenchuk and Poltava, and Mykolaiv in the south. Two people were wounded in the town of Ukrayinka just south of Kyiv, officials said.