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Russia pounds Ukraine in massive air attack

The Japan Times·No Author·6 months ago
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Kyiv – Russia pummeled the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and several other regions in a massive aerial attack, officials said on Thursday, killing at least one person and wounding dozens.

The first combined ​missile and drone barrage since the end of a ‌brief ‌U.S.-brokered ceasefire came hours after Moscow unleashed hundreds ​of drones in a daytime attack that killed six.

Kyiv-area officials reported one person killed and several dozen wounded in ⁠the overnight strike, which Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said targeted civilian infrastructure ⁠and residential buildings.

Images posted by the State Emergency Service showed rescuers digging through the rubble of ​a collapsed apartment building ⁠in search of survivors.

Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said 11 people had already been rescued.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister ⁠Andrii Sybiha said ​the attack during U.S.…

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