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Russian Strikes Kill 3, Wound 7 in Kyiv and Surrounding Areas
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In Short: Russian strikes killed three people, including a child, and injured seven others in Kyiv and surrounding areas, according to Ukrainian officials.
Russian strikes early Wednesday killed three people, including a child, and injured seven others in Kyiv and the surrounding region, according to Ukrainian officials.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said fires broke out affecting private houses, a store, and a warehouse. Kyiv regional governor Tymur Tkachenko reported that a Russian missile and a drone strike damaged infrastructure facilities, houses, warehouses, and cars.
The attacks come amid an escalation of Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine. On Tuesday, Russian glide bombs struck homes and a school in the northern city of Sumy, killing two and injuring six.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the strikes, calling the attackers 'Russian terrorists and simply unhinged scumbags.' He emphasized the need for international pressure on Russia to stop the attacks.
Zelenskiy also said talks were proceeding to ensure Ukraine has a supply of missiles for the Patriot air defense system, which plays a critical role in intercepting Russian ballistic missiles.
Tests are continuing to improve the efficiency of Ukrainian interceptors against Russian jet-powered drones, which fly higher and faster than conventional drones. Of more than 100 Russian drones deployed on Tuesday, 29 were jet-powered, and 18 were downed.
Emergency services flooded the area, and armed officers cordoned off surrounding streets following the attack. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko put the injury count at nine.
The strike marks the tenth consecutive day of Russian drone attacks on Kyiv. Eighty-one companies are now authorized to form private air defense units, up from 51 in mid-July.
Ukrainian forces also struck three ground control stations for Russian drones, alongside other targets, the General Staff said.
President Vladimir Putin has described the election as a test of public support for Russian troops fighting in Ukraine, addressing the country on television before voting began.
What this adds
Earlier Russian glide bombs struck homes and a school in the northern city of Sumy, killing two people and injuring six.
Emergency services flooded the area, and armed officers cordoned off surrounding streets shortly after the attack.
The strike marks the tenth consecutive day of Russian drone attacks on Kyiv.
Eighty-one companies are now authorized to form private air defense units, up from 51 in mid-July.
Background
Russian drones struck Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, killing two people and injuring at least 19 others, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Russian attacks overnight into Saturday killed nine people and injured 56 others across Ukraine, according to local authorities.
What's confirmed
- The attack early on Wednesday killed two and injured four in the capital, Kyiv City Military Administration said on Telegram, and Mayor Vitali Klitschko said fires broke out, affecting private houses along with a store and a warehouse.
- Tymur Tkachenko, Kyiv regional governor, writing on Telegram, said that a Russian missile and a drone strike killed a child and injured three more people in the area, also damaging infrastructure facilities, houses, warehouses and cars.
- Ukraine's neighbours, European Union and NATO members Romania and Poland, both scrambled military jets to protect their airspaces amid Russian attacks on Ukraine, according to defence ministry and armed forces statements on X.
- A Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian Samara region, an oil producing and refining hub some 1100km southeast from Moscow, has damaged private houses, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said on social media platform VK.
- Russian air strikes have killed three, including a child, and injured another seven people in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the surrounding region.
What's still developing
- Reuters could not immediately independently verify the reports.
- One local resident, a 33-year-old man who gave only his first name, Oleh, told Reuters he believed conditions in both Kyiv and Moscow would worsen before they improved.
- The first successful interceptions under the program were announced in March, when a company's unit downed Russian drones in Kharkiv Oblast.
- Air raid alerts were issued for residents of the Lublin and Podkarpackie regions this morning, as Polish fighter jets scrambled preventively amid Russian drone attacks on Ukraine As Russia shifts its bombardment tactics to near-hourly drone attacks throughout the day, increasingly targeting civilian infrastructure, more businesses are joining the program.
- "The Black Sea blockade is part of his plan," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, as Russian strikes against ports and vessels in Ukrainian waters are choking off Ukraine's agricultural exports.
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- WarpBeat — background on Kyiv science academy hit dead as russian jet drones strike across ukraine link
- WarpBeat — background on Russian Attacks Kill 9, Wound 56 in Ukraine link
- The Sunday Guardian — video link