Ukrainian military commander-in-chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said Russia had fired 55 cruise missiles and dozens of other munitions at “civilian targets” across the country, days after Russia accused Ukraine of drone attacks on its Black Sea fleet. Presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich early Tuesday called the bombing “one of the most massive shelling of our territory by the army of the Russian Federation.” However, he noted that, thanks to improved air defenses, “the destruction is not as critical as it could be.” Although the military said many of the missiles had been shot down, Prime Minister Denis Smigal said the strikes had still caused power outages in “hundreds” of areas in seven Ukrainian regions. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said: “Instead of fighting on the battlefield, Russia is fighting civilians.”
