The Russian missiles sought out targets from the Lviv region in western Ukraine near Poland to Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine bordering Russia. The state energy company Ukrenergo reported emergency power outages in six regions. It often shuts down production during attacks as a precaution.

The scale of the assault on Wednesday was not immediately clear, but Ukraine’s energy minister called it “massive.”

Kyiv/Moscow: Russia launched cruise and ballistic missiles at Ukraine on Wednesday morning in a new massive attack, the Ukrainian Air Force said. A series of explosions were heard in the eastern city of Kharkiv,