President Volodymyr Zelensky and Western leaders, including the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, who is currently in Kyiv, reacted to the large-scale Russian strikes across Ukraine in the morning of Feb. 7 that killed at least four people and injured over 30.
Zelensky offered his condolences to those killed and wounded in the attacks and said that Ukraine would “definitely retaliate against Russia; terrorists will always face the consequences of their actions.”
Borrell said he spent the morning in an air raid shelter. He added that “this is the daily reality of the brave Ukrainian people, since Russia launched its illegal aggression.”
“We rely on Ukraine’s air defense – and its heroic air defenders – to protect us all. There is no time to lose. Ukraine needs our security assistance now,” said U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink.
Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said that the morning attacks reflected the “Russian genocidal world.”
Reports of those killed and wounded in the attacks, which struck cities across the country, including Kyiv, continue to be updated.
Russia launches large-scale missile, drone attack against Ukraine
Russia launched another large-scale attack against Ukrainian cities early in the morning on Feb. 7. Kyiv, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv oblasts were targeted.
At least five people were killed and around 50 injured in various regions as of 2:30 p.m. local time. The numbers may still rise as rescue operations are ongoing.
Explosions rocked the skies above Kyiv, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground. According to the city’s military administration, at least four people were killed and at least 38 injured in Kyiv.
First responders were called to the capital’s Dniprovskyi district following the reports of explosions. At least three people were injured there, two of whom were hospitalized, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported earlier.
Klitschko reported that two high-voltage lines in the Dniprovskyi district were damaged by missile debris.
In the Holosiivskyi district, cars and a car repair shop caught on fire, Klitschko said, adding that first responders are on their way to contain it.
A fire broke out also in an 18-story building in the district, resulting in dozens of injured, including a pregnant woman, according to officials. Some 60 residents of the building were evacuated.
According to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, four people were found dead under the rubble of the damaged building in the Holosiivskyi district.
Klitschko also said that some residents on the eastern bank side of the city had experienced power outages, later adding that the heating infrastructure was damaged in that area.
Kyiv Independent journalists reported temporary problems with the water supply on the western bank side of the city.
Ukraine’s air defense shot down almost 20 Russian missiles over the country’s capital, the Kyiv city military administration reported.
Russian forces reportedly launched Kh-101, Kh-555, and Kh-55 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers from Russian territory. The Russian missiles hit Kyiv in several waves from different directions.
Elsewhere in Kyiv Oblast, the Russian attack resulted in several damaged buildings, but no casualties were reported.
