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Russia Ukrainian officials said a massive drone and missile attack hit Ukraine’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least two people.
Emergency services rescued 10 people after a fire caused by drone debris broke out on the sixth floor of a 16-storey residential building in the capital’s Dnipro district. KyivLocal officials said, where two people were found dead.
Windows at a medical facility were also blown out in the attack and debris was found in another residential building, Kyiv Mayor. vitali klitschko Reported on his Telegram channel.
Emergency services were responding after drone debris hit a 17-storey residential building in the capital’s Darnitsky district, causing a fire across five floors. Fifteen people, including two children, had to be rescued.
In Desnyansky District, 20 people were rescued after the facade of a 10-story building was damaged and a gas pipe caught fire.
Klitschko said debris from the drone also fell on a dormitory building and rescue workers were heading to the scene.
Large-scale overnight airstrikes also targeted other cities in Ukraine, including Zaporizhia and the port city of Izmail in the southern Odessa region.
The attack comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to strengthen Ukraine’s position by seeking long-range Tomahawk missiles from the United States, although President donald trump Confused as to whether he will provide them.
“We need to end this war and only pressure will bring peace,” Zelensky said in a Telegram post on Tuesday.
Trump is expected to hold talks with NATO Secretary General at the White House on Wednesday mark ruteThe military alliance is coordinating the delivery of weapons to Ukraine, many of them purchased from the US by Canada and European countries.
A meeting of the Coalition of the Willing – a group of 35 countries supporting Ukraine – is scheduled to take place in London on Friday.
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