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Russian overnight barrage on Ukraine kills at least 17 in Kyiv and surrounding region

Kyiv has in recent months urged allies to supply more US-made Patriot interceptors as Russia steps up its use of ballistic missiles more than four years into its full-scale invasion.

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00:00A wave of overnight Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 15 people and wounded
00:05dozens across Kyiv and the surrounding region, marking one of the heaviest attacks on the
00:09Ukrainian capital in recent weeks.
00:12Regional authorities confirmed 14 fatalities in the suburbs and one in Kyiv Urban Center
00:17after residential buildings and warehouses were struck.
00:20At the same time, Ukrainian forces launched extensive strikes deep inside Russian territory.
00:25Russian officials reported destroying 107 drones over the Tula region alone, where falling
00:31debris sparked fires at facilities belonging to e-commerce firm Wildberries.
00:37As air defenses were tested on both sides of the border, UN monitors warned civilian casualties
00:42have reached their highest level since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
00:47In response to the escalating aerial bombardment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed
00:52U.S. counterpart Donald Trump for licenses to produce Patriot missile interceptors domestically,
00:57warning that air defense shortages directly enable further Russian strikes.
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