The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.

Russia’s military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date.

Ukraine wakes up with an air alert across the country, carries out preventive power cuts after a Russian attack in the Lviv region, without victims. Russia has launched over 40 missiles and about 70 drones in its attack early this morning against Ukraine,