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Russia launched a large-scale assault on Kyiv in a single day, killing 10 individuals, injuring a minimum of 38 others and damaging buildings, Ukrainian officers stated on Thursday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated a baby was killed within the drone and missile assault.
“Proper now in Kyiv, first responders are clearing the rubble of an bizarre residential constructing after a Russian strike,” Zelenskyy stated on X.
“Russia chooses ballistics as a substitute of the negotiating desk. It chooses to proceed killing as a substitute of ending the struggle. And which means Russia nonetheless doesn’t worry the implications. Russia nonetheless takes benefit of the truth that a minimum of a part of the world turns a blind eye to murdered youngsters and seeks excuses for Putin,” he continued.
Russia launched a large-scale assault on Kyiv in a single day. (X/Volodymyr Zelenskyy)
Zelenskyy added that it’s “positively time for brand spanking new, robust sanctions towards Russia for every little thing it’s doing.”
“All deadlines have already been damaged, dozens of alternatives for diplomacy ruined. Russia should really feel accountable for each strike, for day-after-day of this struggle. Everlasting reminiscence to all victims of Russia,” he stated.
The Ukrainian Air Force stated it knocked down 563 of 598 drones and 26 of 31 missiles launched by Russia in a country-wide assault. It stated 13 places had been hit and particles fell at 26 places.
“Sadly, the Russians’ model is typical of their assaults,” Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s army administration, wrote on Telegram.
“Mixed strikes, from completely different instructions. And systematic, focusing on bizarre residential buildings,” the publish added.
At the very least one baby was killed within the assault. (X/Volodymyr Zelenskyy)
Officers stated quite a few buildings had sustained injury, together with a number of high-rise condo blocks.
Within the Darnytskyi district, a five-floor constructing was partly destroyed, and rescue groups had been looking out the rubble for trapped individuals, Tkachenko stated.
He stated emergency crews responded to the aftermath of the assaults at greater than 20 places within the metropolis.
Fires have additionally damaged out in areas all through the town.
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Officers stated quite a few buildings had sustained injury. (X/Volodymyr Zelenskyy)
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António Costa, president of the European Council, stated he was “horrified by one more evening of lethal Russian missile assaults on Ukraine.”
“My ideas are with the Ukrainian victims and in addition with the workers of @EUDelegationUA, whose constructing was broken on this deliberate Russian strike,” he wrote on X.
“The EU won’t be intimidated. Russia’s aggression solely strengthens our resolve to face with Ukraine and its individuals,” he added.
Individually, Russia’s Defense Ministry stated that its air protection programs intercepted 102 Ukrainian drones in a single day.
Reuters contributed to this report.
