Nineteen people were killed in a heavy overnight attack of missiles and drones by Russia that struck an apartment building in the western city of Ternopil, officials in Ukraine said on Wednesday.

Another 66 people were wounded in the overnight strikes on Ukraine that targeted energy and transport infrastructure, forcing emergency power cuts in a number of regions in frigid temperatures.

The upper floors of the residential building in Ternopil were torn away in the attack. Black smoke poured upwards, while an orange glow burned through the haze from a fire in the tower block.

Russia launched more than 470 drones and 48 missiles on Ukraine in the overnight attack, officials said. Poland, a NATO member state bordering western Ukraine, temporarily closed Rzeszów and Lublin airports in t

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