Four dead as missiles and drones damage Kyiv apartments, Azerbaijan Embassy
Russian forces launched about 430 drones and 18 missiles, including ballistic and aeroballistic types, at Ukraine overnight into Friday, killing four people and wounding dozens, including children and a pregnant woman, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Emergency services have been working at strike sites since the night. Damage includes dozens of high-rises in Kyiv, where Iskander missile fragments also hit the Azerbaijani embassy.
"This was a deliberately calculated attack aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure," Zelenskyy said.
The main target was Kyiv, but strikes also hit the Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa oblasts. In the morning, Russian forces used a Zircon missile in Sumy Oblast.
Ukraine is responding to these strikes with long-range capabilities, and the world must halt them through sanctions, Zelenskyy emphasized.
"Russia is still able to sell oil and build its schemes. All of this must end. A great deal of work is underway with partners to strengthen our air defense, but it is not enough," he added.
Europe and the U.S. can help fortify Ukraine with additional systems and interceptor missiles, and Kyiv is counting on such decisions, said the Ukrainian leader.
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