Major Russian attack on western Ukraine hits apartment buildings, killing 25

Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russian airstrikes hit two apartment buildings in Ukraine overnight, killing more than two dozen people including three children, in a rare large-scale assault on the west of the country that prompted NATO to scramble fighter jets over neighboring Poland and Romania.

The massive assault on the western city of Ternopil killed at least 25 people and injured dozens more, Ukraine’s emergency service said Wednesday.

Russia’s attacks have mostly targeted the eastern part of the country and large cities such as Kyiv. Many Ukrainians have fled to the west, seeing it as safer.

Romania’s Defense Ministry said it scrambled two Eurofighters, part of NATO’s fleet, and later two Romanian F-16 fighter jets after a Russian drone entered its airspace during the attack.

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