At least 21 dead as Russia launches massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv
by Shaun Walker in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#76PZ0)
More than 70 missiles fired at Ukraine capital as Russia faces fuel shortages after strikes against its oil refineries
At least 21 people were killed and dozens injured overnight in Kyiv, local authorities said, in what the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko claimed was the worst Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital during more than four year's of Russia's air assault on Ukraine.
Russia used nearly 500 drones and more than 70 missiles in the hours-long attack on Kyiv and other parts of the country in the early hours of Thursday. Loud explosions shook the capital for several hours as waves of drones as well as cruise and ballistic missiles came towards the capital and Ukraine's air defence attempted to shoot them down.
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