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Russian missiles rained on battered energy facilities across Ukraine Thursday, as Moscow intensified fighting in the east and warned of further attacks on critical infrastructure.
Explosions were reported in cities including the capital Kyiv, the southern port of Odesa, the central city of Dnipro and the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least four people and injuring more than two dozen others.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted video, apparently shot from a dashboard camera, showing a huge blast in Dnipro that sent flames and black smoke shooting into the sky.
“Here is another confirmation from Dnipro how terrorists want peace,” he wrote in the caption. “Morning. A peaceful city and people wanting to live a normal life, go to work. A missile strike! The terrorist state actually wants to bring Ukrainians only more pain and suffering.”
At least 15 people were wounded in Dnipro, three were hurt in Kharkiv and at least one was injured in Odesa, officials said.
State energy company Naftogaz said gas production facilities in eastern Ukraine had been damaged or destroyed. Other sites struck included the huge Pivdenmash defense plant in Dnipro.
Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said a large fire erupted in Dnipro after the strikes on the city hit an industrial target. The attack wounded at least 23 people, Reznichenko said.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its strikes in Dnipropetrovsk hit a factory that produces military rocket engines.
