Day 684 of the Invasion of Ukraine: At Least 3 Dead After Russia’s Deadliest Attack In 2024

Day 684 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Russia launched one of the largest airstrikes on Ukraine since the beginning of the year
Ukrainian authorities have reported three deaths in a massive Russian missile attack this morning
The Ukrainian poet Maxim Kryvtsov was killed at the front at the age of 33

Russia launched one of the largest airstrikes on Ukraine since the beginning of the year

Russia launched a large-scale missile attack across Ukraine at the start of the morning rush hour on Monday, hitting residential and industrial facilities and injuring several people, Ukrainian officials said, Reuters reported.

According to the "Financial Times", this is one of the largest airstrikes in Ukraine since the numerous missile and drone attacks on New Year's Eve.

All of Ukraine was placed on an airstrike alert from around 06:00 a.m. local time, with the Ukrainian air force saying the country had come under several waves of threat from cruise missiles and, in some regions, ballistic missiles, Reuters reported.

The Financial Times quoted Ukraine's air force as saying missiles had been fired at cities across the country and that it had spotted 11 strategic bombers in Russian airspace.

"The enemy is fiercely attacking peaceful towns," Oleksandr Vilkul, mayor of the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, wrote on the Telegram app. According to him, a shopping center was hit. He also said that full information on the extent of potential damage would be revealed after the Russian attack was over.