As air raid alerts sounded in all regions of the country, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych urged civilians to seek shelter and said the country's air defences were operating.
In Kyiv, two homes were damaged by debris from intercepted missiles, according to the city military administration. Mr Klitschko said 16 missiles were destroyed over the city by air
defences.In the southern region of Mykolaiv, Governor Vitaly Kim wrote that five missiles were intercepted by air defences.
Mr Marchenko said 21 missiles were shot down in the Odesa region. He added that missile fragments had hit a residential building but no casualties were reported. lucabet168