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Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine on Monday morning, hitting 15 Ukrainian regions, or more than half the country.

At least three people were killed – one in the western city of Lutsk, one in the central Dnipropetrovsk region and one in the partially occupied Zaporizhia region in the southeast – and about 13 injured.

The attack used drones, cruise missiles and hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, causing power outages across Ukraine.

Explosions also occurred in Kyiv, cutting off electricity and water supplies. According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, the damage also extended to several other Ukrainian regions.

Emergency power supply to stabilize the power grid

Incidents were reported from the Sumy region, a province bordering Russia in the east, to the Mykolaiv and Odessa regions in the south and the Rivne region in the west.

Private Ukrainian energy company DTEK has deployed emergency generators to stabilize the system and said that “energy workers across the country are working around the clock to restore power.”

In Sumy, local authorities said there was a complete power outage in 194 settlements and partial power outages in 19 others.

Ukrainian authorities have been instructed to open “points of discord” – a kind of shelter where people can charge their devices and refresh themselves during power outages.

Meanwhile, neighboring Poland activated its and NATO’s air defenses in the east of the country.

Ukraine, which has launched a powerful offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, reportedly wounded four people in a drone attack overnight and on Monday morning in the Saratov region.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that a total of 22 Ukrainian drones were intercepted. Euronews could not independently confirm this information.

Kyiv calls on allies to supply long-range weapons

Ukraine has renewed its appeals to its allies, asking for the supply of long-range weapons to more effectively strike Russian territory.

“To stop the barbaric shelling of Ukrainian cities, it is necessary to destroy the place from which the Russian missiles are fired,” Shmyhal said on Monday.

“We count on the support of our allies and will definitely make Russia pay for it,” he added.

The shooting occurred just days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kyiv.

Modi offered himself “as a friend” to bring about a peaceful solution to the conflict, against the backdrop of allegedly close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to the Indian Foreign Ministry, the two heads of state discussed a possible “peace formula” that would focus on territorial integrity and the withdrawal of Russian troops.

“We say loud and clear that we support respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Modi said. “That is our highest priority.”