At Least 15 Killed in Ukraine After Russian Strikes
Ukraine said Russian forces fired 50 missiles and 130 drones overnight, as rescuers searched rubble and air defenses intercepted dozens of weapons.
- On Wednesday, Russia launched at least 50 missiles and 130 drones across Ukraine, killing at least 15 civilians and injuring more than 40 in strikes on Kyiv and 12 other regions.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky had warned of "massive" strikes targeting energy infrastructure, calling the assault "one of the most vile strikes" in the nearly five-year conflict.
- Interior Minister Ihor Vyhivskyi reported a missile strike in Pryluky killed nine people, including three children, while Ukraine's air force intercepted five ballistic missiles, 39 cruise missiles, and over 100 drones.
- Zelensky said Ukraine targeted two oil facilities and a training ground in Perm, Samara, and Astrakhan, while also indicating Ukrainian forces struck a tanker in the Black Sea.
- Kyiv faces increased attacks as winter approaches, with residents sheltering in subway stations; facing shortages for US-made Patriot systems, Zelensky called new air defense packages "a vital necessity.
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Multiple explosions were heard in Kyiv, with many residents taking shelter in subways and metro stations
At least 15 people were killed in Russian strikes on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials said, with nine of the victims killed when a missile hit an apartment building in the north of the country.
In Prylouky, in the Cherniguiv region (northern), "two stairwells in a residential building were destroyed as a result of a missile fire" in Russia, according to the Public Prosecutor's Office. The results increased to nine deaths following the discovery of the bodies of three children under the rubble, according to the National Police. An earlier assessment reported at least five deaths and some 20 injured. Pictures published on social media sh…
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