Dec 29 2022
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-day-309-1.6699335
A local resident, Yana, embraces a friend as she reacts next to her mother's house that was damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on Thursday. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)
''Multiple regions of Ukraine, including its capital, faced a massive Russian missile attack Thursday, the biggest wave of strikes in weeks, targeting power stations and other critical infrastructure during freezing weather.
Air raid sirens rang out across the country. Ukraine's military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said preliminary data showed Russia fired 69 missiles at energy facilities and Ukrainian forces shot down 54 of them. There were no immediate reports of any deaths.
Russia dispatched explosive drones to selected regions overnight before broadening the barrage with "air and sea-based cruise missiles launched from strategic aircraft and ships" in the morning, the Ukrainian air force reported.''
''While the Ukrainian military reported success in shooting down incoming Russian missiles and explosive drones after earlier attacks, some still reached their targets. Most cities have gone without heat, internet service and electricity for hours or days at a time.
Anastasia, a medic who took shelter Thursday at a central Kyiv subway station and gave only her first name, said she was tired of the war. "We don't know how long the war will last. It's hard to be afraid every day and put your life on hold," she said.''
''90% of Lviv without power: mayorNumerous explosions also took place in Kharkiv, which is located in Eastern Ukraine and the country's second-largest city, and in the city of Lviv near the border with Poland, according to their mayors.'
People rest in a subway station being used as a bomb shelter during a rocket attack in Kyiv on Thursday. (Efrem Lukatsky/The Associated Press)