Moscow fires barrage of cruise and other missiles at targets in Ukraine

Russia again pummeled Ukraine with a barrage of cruise and other missiles on Thursday, hitting targets from east to west. Ukrainian authorities said one of the strikes killed a 79-year-old woman and injured at least seven other people.

Russian forces used a variety of missile types, firing 36 in all in a two-hour overnight burst, said Ukraine’s military chief, Valery Zaluzhnyy. He said Ukrainian air defense batteries shot down 16 of them — a lower rate of success than against some previous Russian waves.

Ukrainian authorities said targets in the north, west, south, east and centre of the country were struck. They said air defences in the south downed eight Kalibr missiles fired from a ship in the Black Sea.

One missile struck an industrial site in the western city of Lviv, causing a fire which was brought under control, authorities said.