epa11049425 Ukrainian servicemen of the 241st Brigade of Territorial Defense operate search lights after an air raid alarm in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, 29 December 2023. At least 18 people have died and over 130 were injured after Russia launched a wave of airstrikes across Ukraine, Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs said on 29 December. Strikes were reported in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and other Ukrainian cities. Russia launched 'more than 150 missiles and combat drones' at Ukrainian cities, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said in a statement, adding that extensive damage included residential buildings, educational institutions and hospitals. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory on 24 February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA-EFE/Oleg Petrasyuk "Air defence systems are being engaged in the region and on the approaches to Kyiv in particular," Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Reuters witnesses reported hearing blasts in what sounded like air defence systems engaged in repelling an air attack.
The city and most of Ukraine were under air raid alerts that were issued at around 2000 GMT on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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