Russia launches large-scale missile, drone attack on Ukraine, fire, ca

Details: Written by: Dmytro Basmat; 17.Nov; Hits: 67

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.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. Further explosions were also heard in the cities of Kropyvnytskyi, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, Cherkasy, Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, as well as in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitshko said that as a result of falling drone debris, an apartment on the fourth floor of five-story residential building caught fire in the Pechersk neighborhood of the city. One person was hospitalized as a result of the attack, while one other person received medical treatment on-site.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 attacks to attack the capital.Ukraine's Air Force issued the air raid alerts across all regions the country around 6 a.m.

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