Ukrainian President \u200bVolodymyr Zelensky says Russia fired 73 missiles, more than 600 drones in overnight attack
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\nRussia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early on Tuesday in attacks that authorities said killed 18 people \u200band wounded more than 100.
\nThe attacks on cities, including Kyiv and Dnipro, followed Russian warnings of \u201csystematic\u201d strikes on the capital after a deadly drone attack on a \u200cdormitory in Ukraine\u2019s Russian-held region of Luhansk last month. Kyiv denies targeting the dormitory.
\nIt was the third heavy assault on Kyiv in under a month, but Russia has been relentlessly attacking Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, since it invaded its smaller neighbour in 2022.
\nUS-brokered talks on the war in Ukraine have stalled with Washington focusing on Iran, while Russian advances on the battlefield have slowed this year, and Kyiv has stepped up its strikes on Russian oil refineries.
\nZelensky calls for air defence supplies
\nUkrainian President \u200bVolodymyr Zelensky said Russia had fired 73 missiles and more than 600 drones in the overnight attack and again urged Washington to send additional Patriot missile interceptors to \u200breplenish Kyiv\u2019s dwindling supplies.
\n\u201cThis was a large-scale attack and an absolutely clear statement from Russia: if Ukraine is not protected from ballistic and other missile strikes, these attacks will continue,\u201d Zelensky said on Telegram.
\nThe Kremlin said on Tuesday the war had entered \u201ca new paradigm\u201d after what it called \u201cinhumane acts of terror\u201d by Ukraine\u2019s military against civilians. Moscow warned \u200blast week of systemic strikes and urged foreigners to leave Kyiv.
\nZelensky sent a letter last week to US President Donald Trump and Congress, asking for air defence systems. As of Monday, officials said \u200bhe had not received a response.
\nForeign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged partners to take \u201cconcrete steps\u201d to help Ukraine and increase pressure on Russia, appealing for tougher sanctions and more military support.
\n\u201cMoscow is losing on the battlefield. No number of missiles can change this. What we can change is Russia\u2019s ability to continue terror,\u201d he said on X.
\n\u2018Some kind of apocalypse\u2019
\nMoscow\u2019s war in Ukraine has killed tens of thousands of people, forced much of the population out of \u200btheir homes and devastated cities, towns and villages, and Russia controls about one-fifth of Ukraine.
\nUkraine has also hit civilian targets during attacks on Russia or Russian-occupied areas, though on a far smaller \u200bscale. Both sides deny targeting civilians.
\nPhotographs on Tuesday showed large explosions and plumes of smoke billowing over high-rise buildings in Kyiv, where officials said the overnight strikes had killed six people and wounded close to 80, including three children.
\n\u201cWe couldn\u2019t \u200cunderstand what was happening \u2014 some kind of apocalypse?\u201d said Olha Mudra, her face and clothes covered in dust, speaking at the site of one strike, accompanied by her 6-year-old daughter Natalia.
\nTwelve people were killed, including two young boys, in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where a four-storey apartment building was partially destroyed, local officials said.
\nKyiv was the main target of the attacks, officials said. At least nine high-rise buildings, a kindergarten, a clinic, offices and administrative buildings were damaged.
\nThe attack also temporarily cut power to 140,000 residents, power company DTEK said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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