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At least 20 killed as Russia launches 'massive' attack on Ukraine
At least 20 people, including children, have been killed as Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukraine’s air force said on Wednesday that Russia launched 130 drones, 48 cruise missiles, and an unspecified number of ballistic missiles in the overnight attack. It added air defence units downed 161 targets. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3Oman evacuates injured crew from attacked tanker in Strait of Hormuz list 2 of 3Three years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza: In numbers list 3 of 3Libya’s parliament removes Speaker Saleh after 12 years as discontent grows end of list Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and Poltava in central Ukraine, the southeastern region of Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv in the northeast were the focus of the Russian attacks, authorities said. President Volodomyr Zelenskyy said in a social media post Russia had fired 70 missiles and also drones in one of its biggest attacks since Moscow launched the war in 2022. “One of the key targets was our energy infrastructure. The Russians wanted to strike painfully and demonstratively,” Zelenskyy said. The attacks also damaged residential buildings, industrial facilities, and infrastructure, according to Ukrainian officials. In Pryluki, in the...
