Drones struck Ternopil overnight Wednesday, causing large fires. Three children were among the dead, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Once again, the Russians have killed innocent, peaceful people who were just sleeping in their homes," the president wrote on social media.
"There are still people under the rubble and rescue workers are continuing to search."
In addition to all the dead, at least 93 people have been injured.
Jumped out the window
On the street outside the apartment building, body bags were lined up in the devastation in connection with the early rescue work.
"When we heard the explosions, we all jumped out the window. Our apartment was completely filled with smoke, it must have burned down, but we don't know," Rostyslava Parij, who lives on the first floor of one of the buildings in Ternopil, told the Ukrainian public service companySuspilne .
The upper floors of the high-rise building have suffered very extensive damage, according to rescue service spokesman Serhij Danilin.
"It is extremely difficult to conduct search operations there. But rescue workers are taking all measures to go through the building and identify all possible victims and provide them with assistance," he tells Suspilne.
Drones and robots
Air raid sirens sounded in many regions of Ukraine overnight. According to authorities, the Russian attacks were carried out with more than 470 drones and up to 50 missiles.
In the large city of Kharkiv, near the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine, around 50 people were injured in an attack on residential buildings.
It is the third consecutive day that attacks have targeted apartment buildings in the metropolitan area, which is located on the border with Russia. Eleven drones hit different areas and caused fires, according to local authorities.
The air raid siren also sounded in Lviv in the west, a few miles from the border with Poland.
The Polish Air Force demonstrated readiness for the attacks by sending aircraft into the air. Romania also sent fighter jets after reports that a drone had flown into Romanian airspace.
