Russia hits Ukraine with massive missile and drone barrage: Where explosions heard, full details

In the early hours of February 22, Russia carried out a major combined attack on Ukraine, deploying cruise and ballistic missiles as well as «Shahed"-type attack drones. Air raid sirens were sounded across the country.

TSN.ua has gathered everything known so far about the night-time strike.

According to Ukraine’s Air Force, groups of unmanned aerial vehicles were detected in the airspace at around 2:00 a.m., initially over the Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Donetsk regions. Closer to 4:00 a.m., the enemy began launching ballistic missiles from the north and from Crimea.

MiG-31K fighter jets, capable of carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, were also scrambled, while Russian strategic bombers Tu-95MS and Tu-160 carried out launch manoeuvres. As a result, air raid warnings were issued nationwide.

Poland said it scrambled fighter jets in response to the attack.

Kyiv

Russian forces launched another aerial assault on Ukraine, with the capital among the targets.

Two people — a woman and a child — were taken to hospitals in Kyiv from the city’s outskirts, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Russia attacked using missiles and drones. Preliminary information indicated that debris had fallen in a residential area of detached houses, Klitschko said.

Head of Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, earlier reported that a residential high-rise building in the Sviatoshynskyi district had been damaged.

«Fire on the roof of the building. We are verifying information about casualties, ” he wrote on Telegram at 6:33 a.m.

He later said reports of damage to the high-rise in Sviatoshynskyi district had not been confirmed.

Kyiv region

A fire broke out in the Kyiv region following the massive combined Russian attack overnight on February 22.

The impact of the attacks has so far been recorded in five districts of the region, with one person killed, Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, Mykola Kalashnyk, wrote.

In the Boryspil district, a private house was damaged in the attack. A woman was preliminarily reported to have been injured by shattered glass and is under medical supervision. A fire also broke out in a farm outbuilding in the district, and emergency services quickly brought it under control.

In the Brovary district, 10 premises in a garage cooperative were damaged in the attack. The fire that broke out was extinguished.

In the Fastiv district, five private houses were seriously damaged. Preliminary information indicated that eight people, including one child, were rescued from under the rubble.

In the Bucha district, two private houses and a car were damaged.

In the Obukhiv district, warehouse premises and one private house were damaged.

Odesa region

Odesa region with drones, causing significant damage and fires, which emergency services later brought under control.

«Last night, Russia once again struck energy infrastructure facilities with drones. The hits caused large-area fires. All fire sites have now been extinguished, ” Oleh Kiper, Head of the Regional Military Administration, said.

Mykolaiv region

Energy infrastructure was damaged in the Mykolaiv region, leaving 16,000 consumers without power. No casualties were reported.

Explosions were also heard in Kropyvnytskyi, where residents reported at least six blasts. Ukraine’s Air Force had warned of ballistic missiles heading towards the city.

Kremenchuk was hit by eight ballistic missile strikes. Some of them may have been Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.

The attack was the second large-scale combined Russian assault in a week. The previous strike took place overnight into February 17, when the Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as the town of Burshtyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, were hit. Industrial sites, residential buildings and infrastructure were damaged.