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Nine people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a Russian attack on the western city of Ternopil, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has said. <\/p>\n
Nine-storey blocks of flats were hit in the strikes, as Russia fired more than 470 drones and 47 missiles at Ukraine overnight in a “brazen attack”, Zelensky said.<\/p>\n
Three districts of Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, were also hit by a massive drone attack which injured more than 30 people, including children. Photos posted online showed buildings and cars ablaze. <\/p>\n
Power cuts are affecting a number of regions across the country, Ukraine’s energy ministry said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The attack early on Wednesday was one of the deadliest on western Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022.<\/p>\n
Zelensky said there had been “significant destruction” in Ternopil, adding that people could be trapped under the rubble. <\/p>\n
Energy facilities, transport and civil infrastructure were damaged elsewhere in western Ukraine.<\/p>\n
The energy sector in Ivano-Frankivsk region was also attacked, and two of the three injured were children. <\/p>\n
Critical infrastructure and energy were hit in the Lviv region, Zelensky said, while the head of the region said a energy facility had been struck. <\/p>\n
Zelensky, who is in Turkey for talks with his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called for aid from Ukraine’s allies, writing: “Every brazen attack against ordinary life shows that the pressure on Russia is insufficient. Effective sanctions and assistance to Ukraine can change this.” <\/p>\n
Ukraine’s president had said he wanted to “intensify” peace negotiations ahead of the meeting in Ankara, but the Kremlin said no Russian representative would join. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n