Russian forces attacked Ukraine¡¯s capital and other targets with missiles and drones overnight, days before the Kremlin¡¯s full-scale war on its neighbor enters a fifth year.
Strikes with some 50 missiles of various types and nearly 300 attack drones ¡°targeted Kyiv and the region, and the Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava and Sumy regions,¡± President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on the X platform. ¡°The main target of the attack was the energy sector. Ordinary residential buildings were also damaged, and there is damage to the railway.¡±
The large strike on Kyiv wounded at least two civilians, including a child, local authorities said on Sunday. One man was killed in Kyiv region and 15 people injured, including four children, according to the governor. Attacks knocked out power in some areas as temperature plunged to -11 C (12F).
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