Russia fires barrage of missiles on Ukraine cities, energy grid

FILE PHOTO: A local woman speaks on her mobile phone in a window of a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kherson, Ukraine December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on Thursday, targeting Kyiv and other cities including Lviv in the west and Odesa in the southwest, sending people rushing to shelters and knocking out power in one of Moscow's largest aerial assaults.

"Senseless barbarism. These are the only words that come to mind seeing Russia launch another missile barrage at peaceful Ukrainian cities ahead of New Year," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter.