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Chosen by us to get you up to speed at a glance5:16amRussia strikes Kyiv in pre-dawn attack
At least one person is dead after a fresh wave of “massive” drone attacks bombarded Kyiv early on Tuesday morning.
Ukrainian defence forces shot down more than 20 Iranian-made Shahed drones as Russia carried out new air strikes on the capital, the third attack in 24 hours.
Air raid sirens blared in several regions of Ukraine as falling debris hit multiple districts of Kyiv, including the historic Podil and Pecherskyi neighbourhoods.
“A massive attack!” Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram app. “Do not leave shelters.”
One person died and three others were injured when debris from a destroyed Russian projectile hit a high-rise apartment building, sparking a fire.
Two upper floors of the building were destroyed and there could still be people under the rubble, Kyiv’s military administration officials added.
“The attack was massive, came from different directions, in several waves,” Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Telegram
In pictures: Destruction as Russia’s drone strikes hit buildings
Russia strikes Kyiv in pre-dawn attack
Photos from Kyiv officials and witnesses showed flames engulfing the top floors of the building and smoke rising from the roof.
Russia has repeatedly attacked the Ukrainian capital in May using a combination of drones and missiles, mostly at night, in an apparent attempt to undermine Ukrainians’ will to fight after more than 15 months of war.
Tuesday’s strikes were Russia’s 17th air assault on the capital this month and came after the city was attacked twice on Monday, including an unusual daytime strike.
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Ukraine’s air defences are working to stop a relentless wave of drone attacks targeting Kyiv after Russia launched a pre-dawn assault on the capital.
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Comments from DT readers:
Mark Smith: This is no different to Hitler’s terror raids with the V1 and V2 rockets hitting London civilians. What a truly despicable regime in Russia.
Geoffrey Butcher: If this attempt to destroy the will of the Ukrainians to fight is as effective as the blitz was in London, it will have totally the opposite effect, and make them all the more determined.
With reference to Mr Smith’s comment: the Nazis damaged or destroyed most of the private housing stock in central London in the 1940 blitz. Hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians were murdered.
Churchill’s response? He ordered Sir Arthur “Bomber” Harris to inflict the same horror on the Germans.
Some of the krauts still moan about it even now.
Well, you reap what you sow motherfuckers. Time for some serious pain to be inflicted on the putinaZi retards.