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Russia launched one of its biggest combined drone and ballistic missiles strikes on Kyiv overnight Friday, causing fatalities, Ukrainian authorities have said. Many people were also injured and video shared on social media showed explosions, buildings on fire and the aftermath of the strikes. Russia also attacked several other regions in Ukraine.
Fragments from a Russian drone triggered a fire and caused damage to an apartment building in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Sunday, a senior Ukrainian official said.
Russian forces launched 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight, including the capital Kyiv, in the largest aerial attack of the war.
Moscow’s battlefield edge is waning, experts say. But President Donald Trump seems disinclined to ramp up pressure on the Kremlin to end the war in Ukraine.
An air raid alert in Kyiv lasted for more than seven hours overnight, with warnings of incoming Russian missiles and drones.