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Kyiv has issued a plea to its allies after Russia fired a barrage of hundreds of missiles at more than half of Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure and reportedly killing at least five people.
In what appeared to be Moscow’s biggest attack against the country in weeks, 15 Ukrainian regions were targeted from around midnight to beyond daybreak on Monday.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said the “vile” attack involved more than 100 missiles of various types and around 100 “Shahed” drones, causing deaths and dozens of injuries, as well as a lot of damage to his country’s energy sector.
Ukraine’s prime minister Denys Shmyhal subsequently called on his country’s allies to provide Kyiv with long-range weapons and permission …