Russian Attack Sparks Fires in Kyiv, Ukraine; Drone Strike Kills in Zaporizhzhia Region
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Meanwhile, a Russian attack on Kyiv sparked fires throughout the Ukrainian capital and injured six people.
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BBC NewsThe attacks caused fires across the capital, Kyiv, including at a book market, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, accusing Russia of targeting civilian infrastructure.
BreitbartMore attacks sparked fires throughout the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, wounding six people.
ReutersRussian attack on Kyiv sets book market on fire - Reuters Russian attack on Kyiv sets book market on fire Reuters
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Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones targeting military industries and energy facilities.
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BreitbartUkraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war.
BBC NewsMeanwhile, Moscow's mayor said about 600 Ukrainian drones were launched towards the city overnight. A warehouse belonging to Russian online retailer Wildberries was hit. Seven people have died across Russia, officials said.
NPR NewsUkraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war.
The AtlanticThis summer, Ukraine began one of the most ambitious campaigns of its war with Russia. It launched drones deep into Russian territory, hitting some of the country’s biggest oil refineries and causing a nationwide fuel shortage. In some areas, Russians have waited for gas for as long as 69 hours, in lines stretching miles. Impatient drivers have beaten and stabbed one another. Even state-controlled media have acknowledged the problem.
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Elsewhere, a man and a woman both died when their home was hit by a Russian strike in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, said Ivan Fedorov, the head of the local military administration.
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BBC NewsTwo people in their 60s were killed when a house was destroyed in Zaporizhzhia, while a person was also killed in Sumy, according to the Ukrainian president.
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Officials did not specify the drone’s origin. The incident comes weeks after Romanian pilots shot down the three drones over three days from F-16 fighter jets, as Russia intensified attacks against Ukraine near the border. Since Russia´s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Romania has reported dozens of drone incidents, including some that have crashed and exploded on its territory.
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BBC NewsMeanwhile, the Romanian defence ministry said a Spanish fighter jet shot down a drone that had breached its airspace near the border with Ukraine and Moldova.
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01 BBC News Sixty-nine-year-old Valentina's husband owned a market stall. Looking through the rubble, she told the BBC: "All these books in the street were from my husband's stall in the market - I recognise them on the floor."
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02 Breitbart The domestically produced missiles are increasingly key to Ukraine’s long-range attacks on Russia, with Zelenskyy announcing Saturday that Kyiv had used the weapons to attack a rocket research and production center in Samara approximately 900 kilometers (560 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
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03 The Atlantic Ukraine and its allies seemed to hope that frustrated Russians would rise up in protest. After more than four years, the war had finally “come home.” Now that more citizens were feeling its effects, one might assume, they would demand its end and apply pressure to President Vladimir Putin ahead of parliamentary elections in the fall. But so far, no mass uprising appears likely, now or anytime soon.
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