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A fire broke out in a non-residential building in one location,
while debris from intercepted missiles fell in an open area at
another site, damaging windows in nearby buildings, Ukraine’s
State Emergency Service wrote on the message app Telegram.
“Explosions in the capital. The city is under ballistic attack,”
Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram during the onslaught.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two people were killed and seven
wounded, acting regional Gov. Vladyslav Haivanenko said, adding
that apartment buildings, private homes, an outbuilding, a shop
and at least one vehicle were damaged in the strikes.
Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched nine missiles and 62
drones, of which air defenses intercepted four missiles and 50
drones.
In Russia, the country’s defense ministry said its air defenses
shot down 121 Ukrainian drones over Russia overnight.
The attacks came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
urged the United States on Friday to expand sanctions on Russian
oil from two companies to the whole sector, and appealed for
long-range missiles to hit back at Russia.
Zelenskyy was in London for talks with two dozen European
leaders who have pledged military help to shield his country
from future Russian aggression if a ceasefire stops the more
than three-year war.
The meeting hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer aimed
to step up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, adding
momentum to recent measures that have included a new round of
sanctions from the United States and European countries on
Russia’s vital oil and gas export earnings.
The talks also addressed ways of helping protect Ukraine’s power
grid from Russia’s almost daily drone and missile attacks as
winter approaches, enhancing Ukrainian air defenses, and
supplying Kyiv with longer-range missiles that can strike deep
inside Russia. Zelenskyy has urged the U.S. to send Tomahawk
missiles, an idea U.S. President Donald Trump has considered.
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