伦敦-乌克兰官员称，俄罗斯在夜间对该国发动了一次大型导弹和无人机袭击，造成乌克兰各地至少4人死亡，83人受伤。
“袭击是严重的，”乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基在一份电报中说。“最多的袭击发生在基辅，基辅是这次俄罗斯袭击的主要目标，”他补充道。
泽连斯基说，目标包括供水设施、市场、学校和住宅楼。“他真的疯了，”乌克兰领导人在谈到俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京时说。“对俄罗斯来说，这件事不能不受到惩罚，这一点很重要。今天，世界上每个不保持沉默、帮助乌克兰的人都是生命的捍卫者。”
乌克兰空军表示，俄罗斯在一夜之间向该国发射了600架无人机和90枚导弹，其中549架无人机和55枚导弹被拦截。空军表示，他们认为还有19枚导弹没有击中目标。空军称，16枚导弹和51架无人机影响了54个地点。
空军说，使用的导弹中有一枚Oreshnik中程弹道导弹，它是从俄罗斯卡普斯京亚尔火箭发射中心发射的。泽连斯基表示，导弹的目标是基辅地区的Bila Tserkva。
基辅市长维塔利·克利钦科在社交媒体上发帖称，整个首都地区至少有两人丧生。克利钦科报道说，该市还有56人受伤，他形容这个夜晚“非常可怕”
当局称，在位于基辅地区的Bucha和Obukhiv区也有两人被杀。
乌克兰外交部长安德里·西比哈(Andrii Sybiha)将最近一轮袭击描述为“针对平民的恐怖”，并补充说，位于市中心的外交部大楼受到轻微损坏。
Sybiha谈到普京时说，“这次打击可能是为了向国内观众展示‘力量’，但相反它只是证实了普京的弱点。连俄罗斯人都看出来他是个失败者。”
“对于我们的盟友，我想说的是:现在是时候加倍支持乌克兰，增加对俄罗斯政权的压力，而不是退缩，”西比哈写道。
“我们呼吁增强防御能力，包括保护我们的天空;投资我们的国防工业;增加对俄罗斯的压力，包括禁止俄罗斯战斗人员入境，充分利用被冻结的资产;关于乌克兰加入欧盟和其他步骤的强有力的政治决定，”他补充说。
俄罗斯国防部证实，在对乌克兰的袭击中使用了“奥列什尼克”导弹，称夜间袭击是“大规模的”，是对“乌克兰对俄罗斯境内民用设施的恐怖袭击”的回应。
“罢工的目的达到了。所有指定的目标都被击中，”国防部在给电报的一封邮件中说。
俄罗斯前总统、现任国家安全委员会副主席的德米特里·梅德韦杰夫(Dmitry Medvedev)认为，这些袭击是对乌克兰最近对俄罗斯进行远程打击的报复。
"我们必须罢工——就像今天一样，而且要更加努力!"梅德韦杰夫在给电报的一封邮件中写道。“毕竟，废墟和灰色灰烬取代了他们首都的象征，使敌人士气低落，不亚于失去一面战旗。”
与此同时，俄罗斯国防部表示，其防空部队在一夜之间击落了33架乌克兰无人机。
与乌克兰接壤的别尔哥罗德地区的地方政府表示，那里有一人被无人机炸死。
俄罗斯联邦航空运输署(Rosaviatsiya)表示，在卡卢加、切列波维茨和雅罗斯拉夫尔的机场实施了临时飞行限制。
Russia launches 'severe' and deadly missile attack on Kyiv, Zelenskyy says
LONDON --At least four people were killed and 83 people injured across Ukraine after Russia launched a major overnight missile and drone strike on the country, Ukrainian officials said.
"The attack was severe," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post to Telegram. "The most hits were in Kyiv, and Kyiv was the main target of this Russian attack," he added.
Among the targets were a water supply facility, a market, schools and residential buildings, Zelenskyy said. "He's truly insane," the Ukrainian leader said of Russian President Vladimir Putin. "It's important that this doesn't go unpunished for Russia. Today, everyone in the world who doesn't stay silent and who helps Ukraine is a defender of life."
Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 600 drones and 90 missiles into the country overnight, of which 549 drones and 55 missiles were intercepted. The air force said it believed that another 19 missiles failed to reach their targets. Sixteen missiles and 51 drones impacted across 54 locations, the air force said.
Among the missiles used was an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, the air force said, which was launched from the Russian rocket launch complex of Kapustin Yar. Zelenskyy said the missile targeted Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in posts to social media that at least two people were killed across the capital region. Another 56 people were injured in the city, Klitschko reported, describing the night as "terrible."
Authorities said two people were also killed in the Bucha and Obukhiv districts, both of which are located within the Kyiv region.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha characterized the latest round of strikes as "terror against civilians," adding that the Foreign Ministry building in the center of the city sustained light damage.
Sybiha said of Putin, "This strike was probably meant to demonstrate 'strength' to the domestic audience, but instead it only confirms Putin's weakness. Even Russians see that he is a loser."
"To our allies, I want to say this: it is time to double down, not back down, in supporting Ukraine and increasing pressure on the Russian regime," Sybiha wrote.
"We call for additional defense capabilities, including to protect our sky; investment in our defense industry; increased pressure on Russia, including entry ban for Russian combatants, full use of frozen assets; strong political decisions with regard to Ukraine's EU accession and other steps," he added.
Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed its use of the Oreshnik missile in the strikes on Ukraine, describing the overnight attacks as "massive" and a response to "Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian facilities within Russian territory."
"The objectives of the strike were achieved. All designated targets were hit," the ministry said in a post to Telegram.
Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president who now serves as the deputy chairman of the country's Security Council, framed the attacks as retaliation for recent Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russia.
"We must strike -- like today, and even much harder!" Medvedev wrote in a post to Telegram. "After all, ruins and gray ashes in place of their capital's symbols demoralize the enemy no less than the loss of a battle flag."
Russia's Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said its air defenses shot down 33 Ukrainian drones overnight.
The regional administration in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, said that one person there was killed by a drone.
Russia's federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsiya, said that temporary flight restrictions were introduced at airports in Kaluga, Cherepovets and Yaroslavl.
