{"id":282015,"date":"2024-02-07T22:17:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T20:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/714"},"modified":"2024-02-08T00:40:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T22:40:29","slug":"714","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/714","title":{"rendered":"Day 714: major Russian missile strike kills five, injures more than 40 others across Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another major Russian missile strike kills five and injures more than 40 others across Ukraine. The Ukrainian Parliament gives initial approval to a mobilization bill. Ukraine and the EU need a common defense market to overcome the shell deficit, Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Minister says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major Russian missile strike kills five, injures more than 40 others across Ukraine<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At least five people were killed and 40 others injured as Russian missile and drone strikes targeted cities across Ukraine on Wednesday morning. Attacks were reported in the country\u2019s five regions \u2013 Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mykolayiv, Lviv, Dnipro, and in the capital.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Kyiv, at least 40 people were injured in Holosiyivskyi and Dniprovskyi districts. Four people were killed when an 18-story residential building was hit in Holosiyivskyi district. A car repair shop and some cars there caught fire. The fire has affected 800 square meters. About 40 cars burnt down or were damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several high voltage power lines damaged during the attack left about 20,000 households in Dniprovskyi district on Kyiv\u2019s left bank without power. Electricity was later restored using reserve capacities, and repairs to power lines were underway, a power company that services them said. Debris from a missile also damaged a heating supply pipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Mykolaiv, one person who was taken to hospital later died of his wounds. He had a severe blast and brain injury. The attack damaged at least 20 private houses and a gas pipeline. Many of the buildings had their roofs blown off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia launched 64 missiles and drones, of which 44 were shot down. Ukraine\u2019s air defenses intercepted 15 out of 20 drones, and 29 out of 44 rockets. Russia unleashed missiles of various types at Ukraine, including sea-launched Kalibr missiles, Kh-101\/Kh-555\/Kh-55 cruise missiles launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers, Kh-22 type missiles launched from Tu-22M3 bombers, ground-launched Iskander-M and S-300 missiles. Ukraine shot down 26 Kh-101\/Kh-555\/Kh-55 cruise missiles and all three Kalibr missiles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five missiles were also launched at Kharkiv, and preliminary analysis suggested two of them were manufactured in North Korea, said Serhiy Bolvinov, head of the national police\u2019s investigation unit in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n