KYIV—Russia staged its largest missile attack in weeks on Kyiv and the surrounding region on Thursday, injuring at least 17 people and damaging buildings and industrial facilities, officials said.
The air force claimed its defences shot down all the inbound missiles that were fired after a 44-day pause in such attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
City and regional officials said at least 13 people were injured in different parts of Kyiv and four more in the surrounding region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Kyiv last week of launching attacks to disrupt the Russian presidential election that handed him six more years in power. Mr. Putin said Ukraine would be punished for that.
The Ukrainian military has said Russia launched over 8,000 missiles on Ukraine in the first two years of the war.
Air raid sirens, which warn Ukrainians to take shelter, have sounded in the capital more than 1,020 times since the start of the war, the Ukrainian military said.
The capital was under an air raid alert for nearly three hours on Thursday morning.
The Russian military used strategic bombers and also launched some missiles from its territory, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said. The missiles targeted Kyiv from different directions, he added.
Kyiv city officials said that several schools, residential buildings, and industrial sites were damaged by debris from downed Russian missiles across the city.
