KYIVAccording to Ukrainian sources, Russia launched another significant missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight into Thursday, killing two people a day after the country’s most intense aerial assault to date and setting fire to parts of the city.
The Russians killed these guys. This loss is dreadful. Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv Regional Administration, expressed his sympathies to their families and loved ones.
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At least 13 individuals were hurt, he claimed, and at least five other districts had fires at non-residential buildings, offices, warehouses, autos, and residential buildings.
After falling debris started a fire on the top level of an apartment building, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on the Telegram messaging app that rescue personnel were working at a residential building in Shevchenkivskyi District.
According to him, three of the wounded had shrapnel wounds.
The 23-year-old Karyna Holf was standing at the window in the living room as the approaching weapon began to whistle. A moment later, just rubble remained of the chamber.
“You know from your own experience what it’s like to lose everything after such a shock,” she remarked. I have no idea what will happen next. Right now, my only possessions are a winter suit, a phone, and a backpack. Now, this is my entire life.
Although Holf acknowledged that she was thankful to have her parents as a support system, she also pointed out that other people are completely alone.
Russia has recently used a growing number of decoy drones in its big attacks in an attempt to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses. For the third time in two weeks, it surpassed prior nightly barrages with more fire the night before.
During attacks, more people are taking refuge in subterranean parking lots and metro stations, where they spend the night. As Russian strikes grew more intense Friday night, over a thousand people, including 70 children, sought shelter there, according to a station worker in Kyiv. Among them was Alina Kalyna, a 32-year-old native of Kyiv.
A year ago, the drone assaults were one thing; today, they are something else entirely. We’re worn out,” she remarked. According to Kalyna, “I sleep poorly, I recover poorly—in fact, I no longer recover—I just somehow live and exist on a reserve of energy, of which I have a little left.”
President Donald Trump of the United States announced on Tuesday that he was with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been demanding peace and a ceasefire since Trump took office in January.
Days after Washington visited Kyiv, Trump declared on Monday that the United States would have to travel to Ukraine. includes precision-guided rockets known as GMLRS and 155 mm munitions, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Wednesday in order to reveal information that had not yet been made public. The precise moment the weapons began to move is unknown.
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Tara Copp, a Washington-based Associated Press reporter, contributed.
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