As a result of a massive strike by Russian occupation forces in Ukraine on Friday morning, 30 people were killed and more than 160 were wounded, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has said.

"As of now, we know about 30 dead and more than 160 wounded as a result of Russia's massive morning strike on the territory of Ukraine," he said on the Telegram channel on Friday evening following the results

As Klymenko said, "some 53 people were rescued today by our titans from the State Emergency Service, eight of those rescued were pulled out from under the rubble. Thanks to each and everyone who saved, helped, and cared today. Who did the impossible to save others."