Russia's missile strike hits cities across Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities reported blasts in the country's northeastern, southern and western regions on Thursday morning, during a fresh wave of Russian missile strikes which Kyiv said damaged its power grid facilities.

Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekho, said on messaging app Telegram, as well as in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to Governor Ivan Fedorov, also on the app.

The governor of the western Lviv region, Maksim Kozytskyi, said on Telegram that air defences were working in the area.

Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said on Telegram that the attacks targeted power generation and distribution facilities in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv and Kyiv regions.

Reuters