Russia attacked several cities in Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv and central and southern regions, early Friday morning, killing at least 19 people, according to media and officials, Reuters reported.

16:19 17 people have been confirmed dead in the city of Uman after a Russian missile strike early Friday, officials said, CNN and BBC reported.

“Rescuers pulled out two more bodies from under the rubble, the total number of civilians killed by the Russians in Uman has reached 17,” Cherkasy Oblast Governor Ihor Taburet said on the Telegram messenger. “The rescue operation continues.”

According to CNN, the number of people killed by Russian cruise missiles and drones has risen to 19. Two more victims are a woman with a two-year-old child in Dnipro.

14:29The State Service for Emergency Situations in Ukraine reports that 16 people have died in Uman as a result of Russian missile fire, Sky News reports.

As a result of the attack, 18 people were injured, nine of them were hospitalized.

12:40 in the eveningRescuers continue to search under the rubble of a residential building hit by a Russian missile in Uman, the number of dead has reached 14 people.

11:33 in the morningThe number of victims in Uman has increased to 10 dead, including two ten-year-old children, 18 injured, Ukrainian Pravda writes.

09:39The number of dead in Uman has increased to 7 dead, including a child, and 17 wounded, Ukrainian Pravda reports.

08:55The number of people killed during the attack by Russians on a residential building in Uman has increased to four, the National Police of Ukraine reported with reference to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko, The Guardian reports. Rescue operations are ongoing, Klymenko said.

08:49In the city of Ukrainka, Kyiv region, a child was injured after the debris of a rocket damaged a residential building, Ukrainian Pravda reports.

08:00 Around 4:00 a.m., Russian troops attacked Ukraine from strategic Tu-95 aircraft from the Caspian Sea, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

Air defense destroyed 21 out of 23 Kh-101 or Kh-555 cruise missiles that were launched over the cities of Ukraine. The Russians also used two drones, which were also destroyed.

07:57The military administration of the city of Kyiv declares that there were no casualties during the shelling in the Ukrainian capital. In Kyiv, signals about an airstrike were removed, The Guardian reports.

• “After a pause that lasted 51 days, the enemy launched a new missile attack on Kyiv. The last missile attack on the capital was carried out on March 9, 2023.
• According to information being clarified, the bombing was carried out from strategic aircraft. According to preliminary data, 11 cruise missiles were destroyed in Kyiv’s airspace. In addition to the missiles, 2 more drones were shot down.
• Earlier, in the Obolon district of the capital, due to falling debris, a local power line was cut off and a road was damaged.
• There are no casualties among the civilian population, there are no residential buildings and infrastructure facilities,” KMDA reported.

07:37 The death toll is increasing. Three people were killed on Friday morning as a result of an attack on a residential building in Uman, Cherkasy region of Ukraine, Governor Ihor Taburets reported on Telegram, The Guardian reports.

“According to the data at the moment, Russian missiles took the lives of 3 people. Another 8 people were injured,” Taburets wrote.

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“A young woman and a three-year-old child died,” Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov reported on Telegram, Filatov did not provide any other details.

Images on social networks show a burning residential building in the center of the city of Uman.

Explosions also rang out in Kyiv, and air raid sirens and explosions are heard throughout the country, according to Interfax-Ukraine and messages on social networks.

There are no details about what was damaged in Kyiv, about the destruction and the victims. The military administration of the city reported that anti-aircraft units are working.

According to “Interfax”, the explosions occurred after midnight in Dnipro, Kremenchuk and Poltava in central Ukraine and in Mykolaiv in the south.

Interfax referred to a message from the Telegram messaging service that unidentified aerial objects were also heading to the west of the country.

The attacks came a day after the Kremlin said it would welcome anything that could end the conflict, citing a phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Wednesday.

This was the first conversation between the leaders after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February.

But the Kremlin said it still needs to achieve the goals of its “special forces operation” in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, saying it was necessary to defend Russia.

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