The head of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv, called the attack “another Russian crime against humanity, against history, against Christianity.”
“What more must the Kremlin Antichrist do for the world to realize that decisive action must be taken so that Russian terror against Ukraine and against the very principles of peace comes to an end?” he wrote on X.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia used 70 missiles and 611 drones to strike targets across Ukraine. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported 5 people had been killed in the capital city, with an additional 35 injured.
Separate attacks were also reported in the Dnipro, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia regions.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and other European diplomats condemned the attacks.
“Last night we again saw increased attacks on civilians, including against UNESCO heritage sites,” Kallas said ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday. “These are all war crimes that Russia is committing.”