More than a dozen killed in Russian attacks on Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities

A major overnight bombardment targeting residential areas across Ukraine leaves over a dozen dead, including a child, and dozens wounded. | Contesto: cronaca

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KYIV, Ukraine – More than a dozen civilians, including at least one child, were killed in a wave of Russian missile and drone attacks that struck residential buildings in the capital Kyiv and the cities of Odesa and Dnipro overnight into Thursday. Ukrainian officials reported that several dozen more people were injured in the coordinated assaults, which shattered the early morning calm with explosions that ignited fires and reduced apartment blocks to rubble. The scale of the attack, spanning hundreds of kilometers across the country, marked one of the most intense bombardments of urban centers in recent weeks. In Kyiv, emergency services worked through the morning to extinguish blazes and search for survivors beneath the debris of damaged homes. The strikes in Odesa and Dnipro followed a similar, devastating pattern, with projectiles hitting densely populated districts far from the front lines of the ongoing war. This latest barrage continues a grim pattern of aerial warfare that has increasingly turned Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure into primary targets. Over the course of the conflict, such attacks on residential areas, energy grids, and public spaces have resulted in thousands of civilian casualties. International observers and human rights groups have repeatedly documented the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, a tactic that causes disproportionate harm to non-combatants. The overnight assaults have drawn immediate and sharp condemnation from Western leaders, who cited the attacks as further evidence of the war's brutal toll on innocent lives. The strikes are likely to intensify discussions among Ukraine's allies about the urgent need for enhanced air defense systems, such as advanced Patriot batteries, to protect urban centers from ballistic and cruise missiles. The attacks also come amid a critical period on the battlefield, where Ukrainian forces are grappling with shortages of ammunition and personnel. As recovery operations continue and families mourn their dead, the attacks underscore a stark reality: no Ukrainian city is safe from the reach of Russian air power. The persistent targeting of civilian areas raises profound...

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