Russia bombarded Ukraine’s second-largest city with massive strikes in the early hours of Saturday, its mayor said, one night after Moscow carried out one of the war’s largest aerial assaults on Ukraine.

Russia launched a massive drone and missile barrage across Ukraine in a major retaliatory strike, days after Kyiv damaged key Russian bombers.

Palisa told reporters gathered at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington that Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN seeks to occupy the entirety of Ukraine east of the Dnipro River, which bisects the country.