A Russian strike on a nine-storey building in the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded dozens, an official said Sunday, as Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack described by officials as the largest in recent months.

Kyiv: A Russian strike on a nine-storey building in the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded dozens, an official said on Sunday, as Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack described by officials as the largest in recent months.

In Sumy, northern Ukraine, a strike on a nine-story residential building killed eight people, including two children, and injured dozens, said Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. More than 400 residents were evacuated as rescuers searched the wreckage. “Every life destroyed by Russia is a big tragedy,” Klymenko stated.

The drone and missile attack, which targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, came as fears are mounting about Moscow's intentions to devastate Ukraine's power generation capacity ahead of the winter.

A Russian strike on a nine-story building in the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded dozens, an official said Sunda.

Among the eight killed in Sumy, 40 kilometers (24 miles) from the border with Russia, were two children. More than 400 people were evacuated from the building

Russia unleashed its largest air strike on Ukraine in almost three months on Sunday, launching 120 missiles and 90 drones that killed at least seven people and caused severe damage to the power system,

According to DTEK, the energy supply company, the blackouts were ordered by Ukrenergo and have affected Kyiv, as well as the Kyiv, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Cherkasyoblenergo also reported that emergency outage schedules were introduced in the Cherkasy region.

Blasts rang out across Ukraine's capital Kyiv and other cities early on Sunday, as Russia staged its biggest missile attack since August and targeted power facilities with the winter setting in, officials said.