Russia kills 11 in one of its biggest strikes on Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
Russia launched 70 missiles and Shahed drones, while Ukraine said air defenses remain a vital necessity against ballistic attacks.
- Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 11 people overnight across Ukraine on Wednesday, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reporting that 70 missiles, many ballistic, along with Shahed drones targeted Kyiv and 12 regions, damaging residential and energy infrastructure.
- Zelenskyy characterized the assault as a 'birthday gift' to Putin, describing it as deliberately targeting energy infrastructure to 'strike painfully and demonstratively' across Ukraine's regions.
- In Pryluky, Chernihiv region, a missile destroyed a five-storey apartment building, killing five people and injuring 26 including five children, while strikes damaged five apartment buildings in Dnipro and four high-rise buildings in Kremenchuk, killing two and injuring eight.
- Zelenskyy said Russian ballistic missiles remain 'the greatest challenge,' with Ukrainian air defences intercepting only some weapons, as he called air defence systems 'a vital necessity' for protecting civilian lives.
- The assault underscores Ukraine's critical dependence on Western air defence support, as Zelenskyy stated 'every day we are looking for missiles for Patriot systems that can and must actually protect peoples lives here, in Ukrainian skies' amid sustained Russian targeting of civilian infrastructure.
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Russia launched one of its biggest aerial assaults on Ukraine, killing at least 11 people and damaging residential and energy infrastructure across Kyiv and 12 regions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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