Russia fired missiles at targets across Ukraine on Thursday, from Kharkiv in the north to Odesa in the south and Zhytomyr in the west, the BBC and Al Jazeera reported. Explosions also rang out in Kyiv.

RENEWAL: There have been several explosions in Kyiv, this time in Svyatoshynsky district, in the west of the city, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported on his Telegram channel, writes The Kyiv Independent.

Klitschko also announced that two people were injured as a result of the attack and are being treated at the scene of the attack. He also reported that after the attack, cars were set on fire in the yard of the residential building.

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According to Ukrainian officials, residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were damaged in Kharkiv and Odesa, and electricity was cut off in several areas.

Missile attacks set off air raid sirens across Ukraine on Thursday morning.

In Kyiv, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said that the explosions occurred in the Holosiivsky district in the southwest of the city.

According to him, about 15% of Kyiv residents cut off electricity as a precaution.

In the Odesa region, Governor Maksym Marchenko reported on Telegram that a massive rocket attack hit an energy facility in the port city, as a result of which the electricity went out. According to Marchenko, anti-aircraft units shot down several missiles and new attacks may follow.

“Fortunately, there were no casualties. Electricity restrictions are in effect,” the governor added.

About 15 rocket attacks also took place in the Kharkiv region, Governor Oleg Synegubov said.

According to the Ukrainian news station Obozrevatel.ua, two people were injured by a rocket attack in Kharkiv, which fell near their house, writes Reuters.

Another strike is reported in the central city of Dnipro and the western cities of Lutsk and Rivne, far from the front line.

The Ukrainian publication “Dzerkalo Tyzhnia” reported on the explosions in the city of Sumy and reported that a drone was spotted over the western Lviv region.