Russia hits targets across Ukraine, including Kyiv, causing power outages

Russia launched a major missile attack across Ukraine early Monday morning, hammering locations in the country’s east and west, killing at least four and injuring scores, and putting massive strains on Ukraine’s energy grid.

Ukraine celebrated independence from the Soviet Union on Saturday, and some form of Russian attack around the date had been widely expected, including in warnings from the U.S. Embassy.

The bombardment, which hit at least 15 regions across the country, followed an overnight drone attack against Kyiv and the surrounding region, as well as missiles attacks over the weekend that killed a security adviser working for the Reuters news agency and injured two others in eastern Ukraine.

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