Russia launches ‘massive attack’ on Kyiv and surrounding region – Europe live
Russia launched a massive coordinated attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions using missiles and drones, resulting in at least 12 deaths. President Zelenskyy used the event to call for increased international support for air defense systems.
Why it matters
The attack underscores the ongoing intensity of the conflict and the critical need for defensive military aid in Ukraine.
At least 12 people were killed and 40 injured in a series of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
A boy looks at a damaged residential building following a Russian strike in Kyiv./Getty Images “It was a massive attack – the Russians had been preparing for a long time, combining different types of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones, aiming to cause as much damage as possible to civilian infrastructure. There is destruction in Kyiv and the region, as well as in the Odesa and Chernihiv regions,” Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The attack will likely draw further attention to Ukraine’s shortage of air defence missiles.
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