Russian strike devastates apartment block in northern Ukraine, at least 19 killed overall across the country
Russian missiles and drones pounded Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, killing at least 12 civilians, including three children, and wounding more than 40 in Moscow's latest devastating barrage, Ukrainian officials said.
Most of the dead were killed in a strike on apartment block in Pryluky in northern Ukraine
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Russian missiles and drones pounded Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, killing at least 12 civilians, including three children, and wounding more than 40 in Moscow's latest devastating barrage, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukraine had anticipated the attack, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warning the previous day that intelligence services had concluded that Russia was building up for a "massive" strike. He said Russia had fired 70 missiles and drones.
Although Ukraine knew about the looming attack, which coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday, it couldn't fend it off completely.
A Russian strike destroyed an apartment block in Pryluky, in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region, killing nine people, including three children, and wounding 34, Interior Minister Ihor Vyhivskyi said.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, rescuers work on the scene of a building destroyed following recent Russian attacks in Pryluky on Wednesday. (Ukrainian Emergency Service/The Associated Press)
Deaths were also reported in three other Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, according to Zelenskyy.
"The Russians wanted to strike painfully and demonstratively," the Ukrainian leader said on social media.
Ukraine is looking worldwide for available Patriot missiles, which are in short supply due to the Iran war.
"Russian ballistic missiles remain the greatest challenge. And air defence packages for us right now are a vital necessity," Zelenskyy said.
Russia says it targeted missile storage, production sites
In Kremenchuk, in the Poltava region, two people were killed and seven injured, said Vitalii Diakivnych, head of the regional military administration. A rescue operation was continuing.
"That is exactly what the enemy is counting on. For us to be afraid to fall asleep. To let our children out of our sight. To plan anything. So that everyone thinks: next time it could be my address," he said.
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Ukraine has hit back at Russia by launching long-range drones and missiles on oil refineries and storage depots.
Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Ukraine targeted two oil facilities and a training ground in the Perm, Samara and Astrakhan regions of Russia.
Russian officials made no immediate comment.
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Zelenskyy also indicated that Ukraine had struck in the Black Sea. He posted images of a fire said to show an oil tanker burning in the water near the Russian city of Sochi.
It was not possible to independently verify the images.
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The European Commission on Wednesday said it had disbursed €1.24 billion ($2 billion Cdn) to Ukraine to buy drones, drone interceptors, drone ammunition and missiles as part of an earlier promised loan.
"Russia is pursuing a deliberate strategy of terror. To protect people and infrastructure, Europe is stepping up. Others must step up their support too," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement.
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