“Widespread missile attacks and explosions were reported across Ukraine early Thursday, with air raid sirens sounding throughout the country in predawn hours, according to local officials,” the New York Times reports.
“Explosions were reported in the southern city of Odesa, where the regional military administrator said energy infrastructure and residential buildings were hit, and explosions in the northeastern city of Kharkiv caused power outages, according to the mayor.”
“Air raid alarms rang out in more than a dozen regions across the country, including in the capital, Kyiv, where the regional military administration said on its Telegram channel that air defense systems were working.”