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(Bloomberg) — Russia carried out a large-scale drone and missile attack on Ukraine, killing at least eleven people including four in Kyiv and injuring more than a hundred.
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The overnight attacks damaged multiple residential buildings in the capital and one partially collapsed, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in posts on social media. Debris sparked fires at a clinic, a gas station and non-residential sites, and emergency crews were conducting rescue and recovery operations. At least four people were killed and 65 injured.
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Russian drone and missile strikes in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least seven people and wounded 35, according to local authorities. Casualties and damage were also reported in other regions affected by the attack.
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Ukraine’s Air Defense said Russia launched 73 missiles and 656 drones in overnight attacks, adding that air defenses intercepted 40 missiles and 602 drones.
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The attack follows days of threats from Russia to intensify attacks on Kyiv. On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia was preparing for a major air offensive.
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The assault came after Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting late Monday on an investigation into an attack on a college in Starobilsk in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region. Russian-installed officials said 21 people died and dozens were injured in the strike, which they have blamed on Ukraine.
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Ukraine has said its forces hit the headquarters of a Russian drone unit operating in Starobilsk, and it has rejected Putin’s allegation that civilian facilities were hit.
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Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that its large-scale strike targeted defense-industry facilities, as well as energy, transportation and airfield infrastructure in seven Ukrainian regions.
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Russia itself faced 148 Ukrainian drones between 8 p.m. Monday and early Tuesday morning, the Defense Ministry said in a separate statement.
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(Updates number of victims in the top, adds missile count in the fourth paragraph.)
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