Ukraine’s Embassy in Azerbaijan opens condolence book for Ternopil attack victims PHOTO

The Embassy of Ukraine in Azerbaijan has opened a condolence book for the victims of the Russian missile and drone attack that hit two blocks of flats in the Ukrainian city of Ternopil, as announced by Ukrainian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Yuriy Husyev.

“At least 25 people were killed as a result of Russia’s strike on Ternopil. We extend our condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims. We are opening an online condolence book,” Husyev wrote on Facebook, commenting on the airstrikes that hit the city during the night of November 19 to 20, as reported by Caliber.Az.

Meanwhile, the BBC, quoting some Ukrainian officials, reported that the death toll was 26, with 93 others wounded. Among the injured are 18 children.

Ukraine's air force later said Russian X-101 cruise missiles had hit the residential flats.

The neighbouring Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions were also struck, and a drone attack on three districts of the north-eastern city of Kharkiv wounded more than 30 people. Photos posted online showed buildings and cars ablaze.

Ukraine's air force said it had shot down 442 of 476 drones and 41 of 48 missiles launched by Russia overnight, including 10 missiles destroyed by F-16 and Mirage 2000 fighter jets supplied to Kyiv by its Western allies.

Ternopil, a city closer to the Polish border than the capital Kyiv, has rarely faced attacks since the full-scale invasion. Social media footage of this strike shows missiles shooting across the sky towards the city, though very little sign of air defences reacting from the ground.

By Khagan Isayev