Kyiv hit by first mass attack in 2 months as Russia launches drones, m

Details: Written by: Dmytro Basmat; 17.Nov; Hits: 13

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight on Nov. 17, leaving at least two people dead and 11 injured across multiple regions.Multiple loud explosions were reported in the capital, Kyiv, between 6:30 and 7:15 a.m.

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local time, according to a Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground. Russia's latest barrage of missile strikes marks the first mass missile attack on Kyiv in over 2 months, with Russia instead utilizing more frequent drone strikes in recent months to attack the capital.Further explosions were also heard in the cities of Kropyvnytskyi, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, Cherkasy, Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, as well as in the Khmelnytskyi and Volyn oblasts.According to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko, Russia targeted "power generation and transmission facilities throughout Ukraine.""The transmission system operator has urgently introduced emergency shutdowns," Halushchenko said.An apartment damaged in Kyiv's Percherskyi district as a result of falling drone debris. Russia laucnhed a mass missile, drone attack against Ukraine in the early hours of Nov.

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