KYIV - A barrage of Russian missiles hit Kyiv on Nov 14, killing six people in one apartment block, attacks that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as a “heinous” bid to spread terror.

A Russian drone attack on a market in southern Ukraine hours later killed two more people, authorities said.

Ukraine also fired missiles into Russian territory and Russian officials reported a fire at a Black Sea oil refinery.

With a bitter winter looming amid widespread raids on Ukraine’s power stations, this was

one of the largest attacks on Kyiv

since Russia launched its full invasion of Ukraine in 2022, hitting buildings in most of the capital’s districts.

Several districts were plunged into darkness on the night of Nov 14 because of power cuts.

A hospital, shops and offices were all hit, according to authorities.

Officials said 36 people had been wounded.

The attack

damaged Azerbaijan’s embassy

and the Baku government summoned Moscow’s envoy to protest.

In eastern Kyiv, AFP reporters saw charred multi-storey buildings with dozens of windows and balconies blown out.

“My hair caught fire and I started putting it out,” said resident Maria Kalchenko, outside one of the buildings where rescued workers cleared debris.

She tried to look for her dog before a nearby wall collapsed.

“The doors were blown out, flames everywh...