Hundreds of casualties have been reported so far after roughly 100 Russian missiles from both land and sea were launched into Ukraine on Thursday morning local time.
“I never thought that such a thing could happen. I never thought that this would truly happen in this lifetime,” an injured Ukrainian woman said in a video. “We studied the history, but we never thought that this would happen on our land.”
“The house is completely destroyed,” she continued. “There are no windows, no doors, one door even flew out, even the floor has been completely ripped off. I am just very lucky. I must have a very strong guardian angel for me to have stayed alive. I will stand up and go. I will do everything for Ukraine, as much as I can, with as much energy as I have. I will always only be on my motherland’s side.”
?? A Ukrainian woman is injured in the bombing of a residential building in the city of Chuguev, Ukraine.
Explosions have been rocking cities and towns in Ukraine since Thursday morning as Russian troops and tanks moved in. #UkraineRussia pic.twitter.com/bMLUEk5llZ
— euronews (@euronews) February 24, 2022
The United States observed Russia using short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and surface-to-air missiles, according to MSN.
The impacts of these missile strikes on the Ukrainian people are shown in videos shared across social media.
A Ukrainian family inside their home took video as a jet flew over, dropping a missile. The explosion is heard as a young child begins to scream.
This is horrifying.
Listen to the child.
But no mean tweets, right?— Benny (@bennyjohnson) February 24, 2022
The video starts to shake as the family appears to run to their basement in an effort to take shelter.
WATCH: WAR IN UKRAINE SEPARATES FAMILIES AS MEN SEND FAMILIES TO SAFETY
Another Twitter video showed an explosion near a van killing a cyclist riding down the street.
The moment a cyclist was killed by Russian artillery in Uman, Cherkasy Oblast was caught on camera. We’ve verified @Cen4infoRes geolocation of the attack to 48.748716, 30.218705https://t.co/oUcaxYy0M6
— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) February 24, 2022
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Russia is killing also civilians.#UkraineRussie#worldwar3 pic.twitter.com/9Tly0h7uL6
— Dr. Ekrem ÇELİKİZ (@ekremcelikiz) February 24, 2022
Other video shows apartment buildings destroyed and on fire following missile strikes.
