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Russia launched a large-scale onslaught connected Kyiv overnight, sidesplitting 10 people, injuring astatine slightest 38 others and damaging buildings, Ukrainian officials said connected Thursday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a kid was killed successful the drone and rocket attack.
"Right present successful Kyiv, archetypal responders are clearing the rubble of an mean residential gathering aft a Russian strike," Zelenskyy said connected X.
"Russia chooses ballistics alternatively of the negotiating table. It chooses to proceed sidesplitting alternatively of ending the war. And this means that Russia inactive does not fearfulness the consequences. Russia inactive takes vantage of the information that astatine slightest portion of the satellite turns a unsighted oculus to murdered children and seeks excuses for Putin," helium continued.
Zelenskyy added that it is "definitely clip for new, pugnacious sanctions against Russia for everything it is doing."
"All deadlines person already been broken, dozens of opportunities for diplomacy ruined. Russia indispensable consciousness accountable for each strike, for each time of this war. Eternal representation to each victims of Russia," helium said.
The Ukrainian Air Force said it knocked down 563 of 598 drones and 26 of 31 missiles launched by Russia successful a country-wide attack. It said 13 locations were deed and debris fell astatine 26 locations.
"Unfortunately, the Russians' benignant is emblematic successful their attacks," Tymur Tkachenko, caput of Kyiv's subject administration, wrote connected Telegram.
"Combined strikes, from antithetic directions. And systematic, targeting mean residential buildings," the station added.
Officials said galore buildings had sustained damage, including respective high-rise flat blocks.
In the Darnytskyi district, a five-floor gathering was partially destroyed, and rescue teams were searching the rubble for trapped people, Tkachenko said.
He said exigency crews responded to the aftermath of the attacks astatine much than 20 locations successful the city.
Fires person besides breached retired successful areas passim the city.
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António Costa, president of the European Council, said helium was "horrified by yet different nighttime of deadly Russian rocket attacks connected Ukraine."
"My thoughts are with the Ukrainian victims and besides with the unit of @EUDelegationUA, whose gathering was damaged successful this deliberate Russian strike," helium wrote connected X.
"The EU volition not beryllium intimidated. Russia’s aggression lone strengthens our resoluteness to basal with Ukraine and its people," helium added.
Separately, Russia's Defense Ministry said that its aerial defence systems intercepted 102 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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