Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into yesterday killed at least three people and wounded 17 others, local officials said.
In Kyiv, one person was killed and 10 wounded in a ballistic missile attack, Kyiv military administration head Timur Tkachenko said.
Three of the wounded were hospitalized, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.
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A fire broke out in a non-residential building in one location, while debris from intercepted missiles fell in an open area at another site, damaging windows in nearby buildings, the emergency service said.
“Explosions in the capital. The city is under ballistic attack,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko said during the onslaught.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two people were killed and seven were wounded, Acting Regional Governor Vladyslav Haivanenko said, adding that apartment buildings, private homes, an outbuilding, a shop and at least one vehicle were damaged in the strikes.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched nine missiles and 62 drones, of which air defenses intercepted four missiles and 50 drones.
The Russian ministry of defense said that its air defenses shot down 121 Ukrainian drones over Russia overnight.
The attacks came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the US to expand sanctions on Russian oil from two companies to the whole sector and appealed for long-range missiles to hit back at Russia.
Zelenskiy was in London for talks with two dozen European leaders who have pledged military help to shield his country from future Russian aggression if a ceasefire stops the more than three-year war.
The meeting, hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, aimed to step up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, adding momentum to recent measures that have included a new round of sanctions from the US and European countries on Russia’s vital oil and gas export earnings.
The talks also addressed ways of helping protect Ukraine’s power grid from Russia’s almost daily drone and missile attacks as winter approaches, enhancing Ukrainian air defenses, and supplying Kyiv with longer-range missiles that can strike deep inside Russia.
Zelenskiy has urged the US to send Tomahawk missiles, an idea US President Donald Trump has flirted with.
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