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Russia has launched hundreds of drones, as well as several ballistic and cruise missiles in four Ukrainian cities, killing at least 14 people in kyiv in the last indication that Moscow is intensifying its long -range attack campaign.
The number of deaths in the Ukrainian capital is the worst since July 2024. The cities of Odesa, Cernihiv and Zaporizhzhia were also attacked during the night, with 17 people injured in Odessa.
The first drones were informed about Ukraine around 9 pm, with the Ukrainian air defense heard shooting around and more kyiv until the early hours of the morning.
“This is how Russia fights, killing civilians in common homes, deliberately.
Some 175 drones, at least 14 cruise missiles and two ballistic missiles attacked Kyiv during the night, according to the head of the city’s civil-military administration, Tymur Tkachenko. At least 99 people were injured.
A missile destroyed part of a high -rise apartment building in the city of Solomyonskiy in the city when it passed through nine floors and exploded near the basement, said Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
Rescue units have been deployed in 27 locations in Kyiv, according to city officials.
Zelenskyy said Russia used more than 440 drones and 32 missiles throughout the country. “(The president of Russia, Vladimir), Putin, wants war to continue,” said Zelenskyy, who had to attend the G7 summit in Canada on Tuesday.
Russia has intensified in recent weeks the rhythm of its attacks, which implies a mixture of strike and lure drones thrown in waves, as well as ballistic and cruise missiles to overwhelm the weakened aerial defenses of Ukraine.
A nocturnal air flood aimed at several Ukrainian cities on June 8 involved 479 record drones, and Russia now regularly used hundreds of drones at the same time.
Ukrainian anti -aircraft defense units, trying to demolish Russian drones of truck -mounted machine guns, have fought to deal with more complex drones that now fly to higher altitudes.
