{"id":216867,"date":"2022-10-11T11:13:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T08:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=216867"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:13:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T08:13:13","slug":"day-229","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/day-229","title":{"rendered":"Day 229: Russia\u2019s missile terror against Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Missile strikes on Ukraine<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On the morning of October 10, Russia carried out a series of missile strikes on Ukraine, including on Kyiv, for the first time since June 26. A series of massive missile strikes simultaneously hit a number of other regions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city authorities of Kyiv said the strikes hit four areas of the city \u2013 Shevchenkivskyi, a central district, Svyatoshynskyi, Darnytskyi, and Dniprovskyi districts. At least five people were killed in central Kyiv. One of the missiles struck the Volodymyrska street near the university and the Shevchenko park, damaging nearby museums and houses. Russia also attempted to strike the pedestrian \u201cKlychko\u201d bridge in central Kyiv. A shock wave from one of the blasts blew out the windows of the central railway station. In other areas of the city, missile strikes damaged critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian missiles rained down on 14 more Ukrainian regions, including Dnipropetrovska, Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Odesa. Russia\u2019s main targets across Ukraine were energy infrastructure sites. The strikes caused power, water, and internet outages in a number of regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The casualty toll of Russia\u2019s missile attacks on Ukraine stood at 11 people as of 4 p.m., of which five were killed in downtown Kyiv. Almost 90 people were wounded. The attacked damaged 70 sites, including 29 critical infrastructure sites.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n