A rocket and a damaged building in Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine, south of Bakhmut. Photo: Ignacio Marin Fernandez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Russia's military launched a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv and cities across Ukraine on Thursday, as at least five deaths were reported in Lviv, according to Ukrainian officials and multiple reports.

The big picture: Local officials reported blackouts and widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure in cities including Kharkiv and Odessa, while Ukrainian operator Energoatom said the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost power due to the biggest Russian missile assault on Ukraine for some three weeks.

• Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said in a Facebook post that Russian shelling had been reported at facilities in the Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk and Zhytomyr regions.
• Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram post that 40% of the capital's residents were without heating following a missile strike.
• In Lviv, the head of the regional military administration said on Telegram that three men and two women were confirmed to have died after a rocket fell in a residential area.

Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Facebook post that its forces had "repelled attacks" on the key eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and on surrounding communities on the 379th day of the Russian military invasion.

Editor's note: This article has been updated with additional details throughout.

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