thank you for talking to us. at least 19 people have been killed by a new wave of russian missile strikes on ukraine. a child was among the dead after a block of flats was hit in the city of uman. this is the scene in one of those cities in central ukraine after a building was apparently hit by a missile. rescue operations are under way to search for survivors. the capital, kyiv, was also targeted for the first time in more than 50 days. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, described the attacks as evil which could be stopped by weapons. kyiv s defence minister says preparations are concluding for a long awaited spring offensive. just talk me through what it has been like over the last 2a hours. well, the latest air raid happened at about four o clock in the
without evidence, that its military had targeted ukrainian army reserve units with the strikes. the bbc s hugo bachega sent this update. this is the site of the russian missile attack here in the town of uman. and this is the building that was hit shortly after 4:00 in the morning. you see this entire section of the building collapsed. people were sleeping when this attack happened. so residents were trapped under the rubble. now, it s been more than ten hours since this attack happened. it s still a search and rescue operation happening here. the authorities said at least three children were killed here in the town far away from the front lines. now, there have been also attacks in dnipro and the capital, kyiv, and the devastation could have been much worse if it wasn t for the work of the country s air defence. the military says all but two of the 23 missiles that had to be fired by russia were intercepted. and reacting to these attacks, president zelensky said it was another night o
a possible ukrainian counter offensive shows, russia fired 23 missiles, past ukraine s defenses. in case you think the horror of uman, missiles hit dnipro and killed a 31-year-old woman in their two-year-old. they had fled the war to this, our parent suburban home. but it s savagery found. the kyiv is hoping to overturn the tables, slowly taking out valuable russian targets in the south, like this radar system. with social media videos fueling fears like this one, apparently showing a russian ammo depot hit in occupied areas that ukraine will soon assault. kyiv very silent about when and where they will attack, which made this days comment by the defense minister about their high readiness particularly