Russia launches one of the largest aerial strikes on Ukraine, targets

Details: Written by: Dmytro Basmat; 17.Nov; Hits: 10

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 five people dead and at least 15 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.Russia targeted "power generation and transmission facilities throughout Ukraine," according to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko."The transmission system operator has urgently introduced emergency shutdowns," Halushchenko said. Officials have been warning that Russia may resume strikes on the energy grid as temperatures drop, mirroring the strategy used in the spring and summer of this year and in the autumn-winter season of 2022-2023.An apartment damaged in Kyiv's Percherskyi district as a result of falling drone debris.

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