Iran Press/ Europe: Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said missiles had targeted at least five regions across the country and that three people were killed and eight wounded after a high-rise in Kyiv was struck, Reuters reported.
Ukraine's military said air defences had destroyed 41 out of 51 cruise missiles, as well as two drones, launched by Russia in the assault.
In a separate post, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said the damage had been caused by fragments from a downed missile and that air defences had shot down more than 20 missiles around the city.
Emergency workers were sifting through debris at the scene, where a gaping hole was visible on one side of the building. Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said that more people may be trapped under the rubble.
Officials in the southeastern region of Dnipropetrovsk said eight people were wounded - two of them children - and several buildings destroyed in attacks there.
Governor Serhiy Lysak said air defences had destroyed nine missiles and three drones but that residential buildings in the regional capital Dnipro and an unspecified infrastructure object were hit.
At least three Russian missiles also targeted Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, with one hitting a gas line and triggering a fire, said Mayor Ihor Terekhov. He said emergency services were at the scene but gave no details on casualties.
There were reports of explosions in other cities but no indication of casualties or damage.
This is happening as Kyiv's military was planning a counter-offensive, which is now ongoing, to retake Russian-occupied territory in the east and south.
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