17, leaving at least seven civilians dead and at least 19 injured across multiple regions.Multiple loud explosions were reported in the capital, Kyiv, between 6:30 and 7:15 a.m. local time, according to a Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground.Russia's latest barrage of missile strikes marks the first mass missile attack on Kyiv in over 2 months, with Russia instead utilizing more frequent drone strikes in recent months to attack the capital.Further explosions were also heard in the cities of Kropyvnytskyi, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, Cherkasy, Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, as well as in the Khmelnytskyi and Volyn oblasts.Russia targeted "power generation and transmission facilities throughout Ukraine," according to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko."The transmission system operator has urgently introduced emergency shutdowns," Halushchenko said.

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