Dozens of missiles rained down on several parts of Ukraine early Thursday, killing at least five people. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia fired 81 missiles across the country, with critical infrastructure and residential buildings hit.
The five deaths were recorded in the western city of Lviv, the regional governor wrote on Telegram. The Kharkiv region was struck 15 times, its governor said on Telegram, and officials in Odessa said overnight that they were experiencing a “massive” missile attack. In Kyiv, air sirens rang for more than four hours, the regional military administration said on Telegram. A Washington Post reporter in the capital said the all-clear was given at 7:50 a.m. local time.
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Amid Putin’s crackdown on human rights activists, lawyers and journalists, Russian antiwar artists are going underground, reprising the covert exhibitions of Soviet times, meeting in secret and passing on details by word of mouth. For some, the process is liberating. For others, it is a painful choice as the regime stifles public dissent.
David L. Stern contributed to this report.