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Devastating overnight barrage of Russian drones and missiles targeting Kyiv and surrounding areas [Image by The Economic Times]
Ukraine’s air force reported that Russia launched 352 drones and 16 missiles in one of the largest simultaneous air attacks in weeks. The bombardment hit residential areas, vital infrastructure, and a metro entry point that functioned as a bomb shelter.
“The Russian strategy is unchanged — to attack where there are people,” said Timur Tkachenko, who is the head of the Kyiv military administration. “Residential areas, exit points from shelters — this is the Russian strategy.”
Another death was registered in the city of Bila Tserkva, located around 85 kilometers from the capital southwestwards, where a 68-year-old woman lost her life and at least eight others were injured, Kyiv regional governor Mykola Kalashnik reported.
The Ukrainian State Emergency Service released images of firefighters battling blazes and leading civilians to safety amidst the debris. There were also reports of disabled metro infrastructure in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district, where a route to the underground station and a nearby stop for buses were destroyed.
The bombardment affected six of Kyiv’s ten districts, leaving dozens of civilians wounded and rendering several homes uninhabitable.
Monday’s attack follows a week since the deadly strike on Kyiv — the war’s deadliest on the capital that left 28 people and more than 150 dead. Ukrainian officials said nearly 30 sites were hit during the last multi-wave attack by hundreds of drones.
As the war is prolonged, the British Ministry of Defence reported over a million Russian soldiers killed or injured since February 2022 when the massive invasion began. The estimates align with projections by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, an American think tank, of 250,000 Russian fatalities and nearly 950,000 total casualties.
In contrast, Ukrainian losses are estimated at 60,000 to 100,000 dead, with overall fatalities reaching 400,000, the same study breaking in The Guardian.
Both sides still claim not to have targeted civilians despite growing civilian casualties. United Nations reports, however, have attested to thousands of civilian dead, the vast majority of whom were Ukrainian.
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