At least 11 people have been killed by Russian drone and missile attacks in Ukraine since Monday, including four overnight.
Two of the four were killed in a strike on a residential building in Kryvyi Rih, a mining and industrial city in Ukraine‘s south, according to Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the city’s military administration.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the most recent attacks included 81 drones, as well as cruise and ballistic missiles, and that 16 people were injured.
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“We will undoubtedly respond to Russia for this and all other attacks. Crimes against humanity cannot go unpunished,” Mr Zelenskyy wrote on X.
Five air alerts sounded in the Kyiv region overnight, which had struggled with blackouts after a heavy onslaught targeting power facilities on Monday.
Falling debris from the overnight attack also led to fires on the outskirts of the capital.
At least seven people were killed during Monday’s strikes, which one Ukrainian commander said was Russia’s “most massive attack” since the war started in February 2022.
Mr Zelenskyy described Monday’s barrage of more than 100 missiles and a similar number of drones as “vile”.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal urged Ukraine’s allies to provide it with long-range weapons and permission to use them on targets inside Russia.
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“In order to stop the barbaric shelling of Ukrainian cities, it is necessary to destroy the place from which the Russian missiles are launched,” Mr Shmyhal said. “We count on the support of our allies and will definitely make Russia pay.”
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President Joe Biden called the Russian attack on energy infrastructure “outrageous” and said he had “reprioritised US air defence exports so they are sent to Ukraine first”.
He also said the US was “surging energy equipment to Ukraine to repair its systems and strengthen the resilience of Ukraine’s energy grid”.
The Russian Defence Ministry said the attacks used “long-range precision air and sea-based weapons and strike drones against critical energy infrastructure facilities that support the operation of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex. All designated targets were hit.”
