While enduring power outages during the winter assaults on Ukraine s energy system, the city had not experienced the same frequency of attacks as the capital, Kyiv.
Russia launched a new "massive" attack on Kyiv while air defense systems engaged incoming targets, and air raid sirens blared in several other regions.
Video footage showed a devastated building with smoke pouring out of it and rescue workers looking on. Much of the upper floor of what appeared to be a three-story building had been badly damaged. A covered corpse lay in the road nearby