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00:16Russia has launched a major overnight missile and drone barrage across Ukraine,
00:22with Kyiv among the hardest hit areas.
00:25Explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital in multiple waves
00:28as Russian forces targeted Kyiv and other parts of the country
00:32with a combination of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and large numbers of drones.
00:38Ukrainian officials said at least 19 people were injured in the attacks, including children.
00:44The casualty figures continued to change as emergency crews assessed the damage.
00:49In Kyiv, residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were damaged.
00:54Emergency crews were deployed across the city as residents dealt with the aftermath of the overnight strikes.
01:01Ukraine's Air Force said it destroyed or suppressed 131 Russian aerial targets during the barrage.
01:09Officials said the main areas targeted were the Kyiv, Odessa and Zaporizhia regions,
01:14with impacts reported at dozens of locations.
01:18Odessa also came under attack.
01:21Local officials reported damage to a high-rise residential building,
01:25along with homes, warehouses and other structures.
01:28Several people were reported injured in the region, including children.
01:33In Zaporizhia, Russian missile strikes hit industrial facilities,
01:37damaging buildings and triggering a fire, according to Ukrainian officials.
01:41The scale of the assault was significant.
01:44Ukraine's Air Force reported that the overnight attack involved ballistic missiles,
01:49cruise missiles and roughly 157 Shahed-type drones and decoys, along with other weapons.
01:57Ukrainian authorities said air defenses intercepted or suppressed a large portion of the incoming targets,
02:03although strikes still reached multiple locations.
02:06The attacks came just hours after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping new sanctions package targeting Russia.
02:14Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the legislation and described its timing as significant.
02:21Moscow, meanwhile, warned that additional sanctions could make efforts toward a negotiated settlement more difficult.
02:28Ukraine has continued carrying out long-range strikes against targets inside Russia.
02:34Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces struck targets including an oil refinery in Yaroslav and a military airfield in the Rostov region.
02:43Those claims are part of the continuing exchange of long-range attacks between the two sides.
02:49The latest Russian barrage adds to a pattern of increasingly large air attacks against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.
02:56For residents in Kyiv, Odessa and Zaporizhia, the immediate focus remains on clearing debris, assessing damage and treating those injured.
03:06And as both sides continue long-range strikes, diplomatic efforts to end the war remain under pressure.
03:13The latest attacks show that despite continuing discussions over a possible settlement, the fighting remains intense across Ukraine.
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