Russia launches hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an overnight strike across Ukraine, with Ukrainian officials reporting civilian casualties in multiple cities. Several outlets say the attack included strikes on Kyiv and Dnipro, with explosions reported continuing through the night into the morning. The number of deaths reported by different outlets varies by count and timing: some reports cite at least 22 killed, while others report at least 11, 13, or 14, alongside dozens to more than 100 wounded. Reports also mention people trapped in damaged buildings after the strikes, with emergency services responding to rubble and building damage. In Kyiv, outlets describe deaths and injuries alongside damage to residential areas and other civilian infrastructure. In the Dnipro area, reporting indicates multiple deaths and additional injuries, including during or after the initial attack as first responders were on scene. Multiple sources frame the assault as following recent warnings about a potential major Russian operation. The attacks are reported to have occurred early Tuesday and persisted into the day, based on officials’ statements.
Russia launches overnight drone and missile barrage across Ukraine, killing at least 22
Russia launches hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an overnight strike across Ukraine, with Ukrainian officials reporting civilian casualties in multiple cities. Several outlets say the atta...
- Ukrainian officials report Russia launches a large overnight barrage of hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles.
- Casualties include civilians killed and dozens to more than 100 wounded, with reported death tolls ranging from at least 11 to at least 22.
- Kyiv and Dnipro (in the Dnipro region) are among the cities hit, with residential and other civilian infrastructure damaged.
- Some victims are reported trapped in damaged buildings as emergency crews respond.
- Outlets report the strike follows days of warnings about a potential larger Russian assault.
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 22 civilians and wounding 138 others, authorities said Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has escalated Moscow’s aerial campaign in recent weeks in an apparent bid to take advantage of Ukraine’s shortage of U.S.-made air defense systems and persuade an increasingly pessimistic audience at home that Moscow is prevailing in the 4-year-old war. Emergency rescue crews digging through the wreckage of apartment buildings pulled out the bodies of a 3-year-old child as well as those of a woman and her 8-year-old son in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, officials said. The attack stretched past dawn, with explosions reverberating across cities. Officials said 16 people were killed in Dnipro and six in Kyiv. Residents of the capital have been on edge for days after Russia warned last week that a massive aerial attack was coming and told foreign diplomats to leave. None appeared to heed the call and no embassies immediately reported damage Tu
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2 months agoRussia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 22 civilians and wounding 138 others, authorities said Tuesday.
2 months agoRussia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 16 civilians and wounding more than 100 others, authorities said Tuesday. The damage trapped some people under the rubble of apartment buildings. Emergency crews digging through the wreckage pulled out the body of a three-year-old child and the bodies of a mother and her eight-year-old son in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, officials said. The attack stretched from night into day and the boom of explosions reverberated across cities. Kyiv residents had been on edge for days after Russia warned that a massive aerial attack was coming and warned foreign diplomats to leave the Ukrainian capital. None appeared to heed the call. "A large-scale attack and an explicit statement by Russia: If Ukraine is not protected from ballistic missiles and other missile strikes, those strikes will continue," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in response to the attack, ..
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