Missiles hit 4 Ukraine cities in first attack since Kherson

Russia Timed Attack For G20: Zelensky Aide

Kyiv: Russia fired missiles at targets across Ukraine on Tuesday, hitting at least four cities including Kyiv, the capital, as Moscow unleashed its broadest aerial attack since it retreated from a key city in the south.

Missiles hit at least two residential buildings in the centre of Kyiv, and struck the country’s second largest city, Kharkiv, in the northeast. Explosions were also reported in Lviv, in the west, as well as in the city of Khmelnytskyi in the centre of the country, regional and city officials said on the Telegram messaging app.

Andriy Yermak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, said Russia timed its attack for the G20 meeting in Bali. “Does anyone seriously think that the Kremlin wants peace?” he wrote on Twitter. “It wants obedience. But at the end of the day, terrorists always lose.”