At least 12 killed including three children after Kremlin launches 298 drones and 69 missile strikes against neighbour
Peter Beaumont in Kyiv
Ukraine has condemned US “silence” after Russia carried out its largest air raid in three years of war, with a second straight night of massive drone and ballistic missile strikes killing at least 12 people, including three children. Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US to speak out against the Russian attacks, after Ukrainian officials confirmed Moscow had launched 298 drones and 69 missiles in multiple waves on sites across the country.
“The silence of America, the silence of others in the world only encourages Putin,” Ukraine’s president wrote on Telegram. “Every such terrorist Russian strike is reason enough for new sanctions against Russia.” Russia’s defence ministry said its air defences shot down 110 Ukrainian drones overnight.
The attacks came as the two countries completed their biggest prisoner swap since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, with 1,000 captured soldiers and civilian prisoners exchanged by each side.
The scale of the latest aerial assault on Ukraine, and the number of civilian victims, prompted the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, to call for “the strongest international pressure on Russia to stop this war”. She said on X: “Last night’s attacks again show Russia bent on more suffering and the annihilation of Ukraine. Devastating to see children among innocent victims harmed and killed … We need the strongest international pressure on Russia to stop this war.”…
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