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Russian missile and drone strikes tore open apartment buildings in Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was preparing a “massive attack”. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
EU top diplomat to propose new Russia sanctions over Kyiv strikes
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said she will propose new sanctions on “entities supporting Russia’s military-industrial complex” in response to Russia’s massive attack on Kyiv.
“We keep raising the cost until Russia understands it cannot win,” Kallas wrote on X, adding EU staff in Kyiv were accounted for after the deadly barrage that killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens.
Zelensky asks US for licence to make Patriot missiles after strikes on Kyiv
President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the United States on Thursday for licences to manufacture Patriot air defence missiles,
Air defence supplies for Ukraine are “an absolute and critical priority” said Zelensky on X. “It is especially important that we move forward with implementing our agreements on the production of anti-ballistic capabilities. We also very much count on a decision by the United States regarding licenses for Patriots and other forms of cooperation. These are the kinds of steps that can stop this war and prevent attacks like this.”
Kyiv residents take to shelters as Russia launches ‘several waves of missiles’
Reporting from Kyiv, FRANCE 24’s Emmanuelle Chaze said residents took to “various shelters, be it basements, be it underground parking lots, and of course, underground stations, subway stations” when the first explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital early Thursday.
“There were several waves of missiles that were launched by Russia against Ukraine that you could hear even in the shelters, even underground. There’s even a ceiling of a subway station that partially collapsed following an impact over ground,” said Chaze. “Several districts have been impacted and we are talking about residential buildings,” she added.
Russian missile and drone strikes hit Kyiv
Russian missile and drone strikes hit Kyiv early Thursday, sparking fires across the Ukrainian, killing 13 people and injuring dozens, Ukrainian officials said, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was preparing a “massive attack”.
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