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Russia strikes Ukraine with 16 missiles and more than 200 drones, killing three

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Russia strikes Ukraine with 16 missiles and more than 200 drones, killing threePress Service of the President of Ukraine · CC BY 4.0

Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles at Kyiv and its region, as well as more than 200 drones at Ukraine, killing three people and damaging more than ten energy facilities. President Volodymyr Zelensky says Kyiv’s partners provided no advance warning; the strikes left more than 500,000 households without electricity, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Russia fired 16 ballistic missiles at Kyiv and its region, as well as more than 200 drones across Ukraine, killing three people, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and local officials, cited by MyJoyOnline. The strikes hit cities in the east, south and west of the country.

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