Russia targets Kyiv, Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles

Russia targeted Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles in an overnight attack on Feb. 12, The Daily Baku reports, citing THE KYIV INDEPENDENT.

Ukraine's Air Force warned that Russian ballistic missiles were headed for Kyiv at around 2:20 a.m. local time. Shortly afterwards, Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground reported loud explosions in the capital, accompanied by instantaneous power outages.

Less than 30 minutes later, Russian Shahed-type drones attacked the city, Kyiv Independent journalists said.

The Air Force also warned that Russian missiles were targeting the cities of Dnipro and Pavlohrad in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that the ballistic missiles were targeting the city's infrastructure facilities. He also reported a preliminary hit on a home in the Darnytskyi district. Medics have been dispatched to the Dniprovskyi and Darnytskyi districts, he said.

Two people were injured in Ukraine's capital as a result of the Russian attack, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said.

The full consequences of the strikes are not yet clear.