Explosions rock Ukrainian cities as Russia launches 'more than 100 missiles' in waves

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Russia fires barrage of missiles on Ukraine cities, energy gridBy Dan Peleschuk and Pavel PolityukKYIV (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.Reuters footage showed emergency workers pouring through the smouldering wreckage of residential homes in Kyiv destroyed by a blast and smoke trails of missiles in the sky.Emergency shutdowns of power could be applied in some areas to avoid accidents in the networks, Shmyhal said.Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what President Vladimir Putin calls a "special military operation" to demilitarize its neighbour.(Additional reporting by Reuters TV team in Zaporizhzhia and by other Reuters bureaux; Writing by Alexandra Hudson, Nick Macfie and Grant McCool; Editing by Gareth Jones)"

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