00:00A barrage of 550 drones and 11 missiles targeted Ukraine overnight into Friday.
00:08Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was one of the largest-scale aerial attacks
00:14since Russia's invasion began in 2022.
00:17The attack, mainly targeting Kiev, injured at least 23 people
00:21and left damage across multiple districts of the capital, according to local authorities.
00:27Multiple residential buildings, a school, a medical center
00:31and a large amount of civilian infrastructure were damaged in the attacks,
00:36according to Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko.
00:39Russia hit eight locations with nine missiles and 63 drones,
00:43igniting fires in at least five of Kiev's 10 districts,
00:48as falling debris also caused damage in 33 parts of the city.
00:52Ukraine's air defense said it shot down 270 of the UAVs, including two cruise missiles.
01:00The attack came hours after a phone call between US President Donald Trump
01:05and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,
01:08and just days after the US said it would pause some arms shipments to Ukraine.
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