Kiev: Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko announced that the number of fatalities from the biggest airstrike on Ukraine since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has increased to thirty, with over 160 injured. According to Klymenko's message on Telegram on Friday, at least 53 individuals have been rescued from the wreckage of the buildings that were damaged in the attack early on Friday.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that Russia launched a record 158 drones and missiles against Ukraine, and 115 of them were intercepted, Xinhua news agency reported.
Ukraine's critical infrastructure and industrial and military facilities were attacked during the air strike, it added.
In Kiev, nine people were confirmed dead and 28 others wounded, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Most casualties occurred when a warehouse in the Shevchenkivskiy district caught fire after being hit by fragments of an intercepted missile.
Heavy casualties were also reported in the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine, the southern cities of Odesa and Zaporizhzhia, and the eastern city of Kharkiv.
With inputs from IANS