Russia fired more than 70 missiles during Friday\u0027s morning rush hour in one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine since the start of the war.
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A woman and child walk past anti-tank steel hedgehogs covered with snow along Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Dec. 15, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.After some repairs, Ukrainian grid operator Ukrenergo lifted a state of emergency declared after the missile strikes, which it said cut energy consumption by 50%. But Ukrenergo also warned that more time would be needed to repair equipment and restore electricity than in previous bombardments.
Reuters was unable to immediately verify the latest battlefield accounts, but recorded three explosions in the snow-covered capital Kyiv and smoke rising over the city.Ukraine had shot down 37 out of 40 missiles fired at the Kyiv area, Kyiv military spokesperson Mykhailo Shamanov said, calling Friday’s missile volley one of Russia’s largest.
Poltava in central Ukraine and the regions of Sumi in the north and Odesa on the Black Sea had been hit too, as well as power supply to some railway lines. A new assault could happen as soon as January, Zelenskyy, General Valery Zaluzhniy and General Oleksandr Syrskiy were quoted as saying in interviews with The Economist magazine.
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