KYIV: Blasts boomed across Kyiv on Wednesday (Nov 13) morning after officials said Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August, forcing elderly women and small children to take shelter in an underground metro station.
Firefighters work at the site where an industrial area was hit by a Russia n missile strike, amid Russia ’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine on Nov 13, 2024. KYIV: Blasts boomed across Kyiv on Wednesday morning after officials said Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August, forcing elderly women and small children to take shelter in an underground metro station.
"Putin is launching a missile attack on Kyiv right now," Andriy Yermak, the head of the president's office, wrote on Telegram. In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on Nov 13, 2024, rescue workers extinguish a fire of a building destroyed by a Russian strike in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine. almost nightly for weeks. City mayor Vitali Klitschko said a drone was still flying over central Kyiv in the morning.
Some complained of a lack of sleep from the regular drone attacks, which trigger the air raid alert that sounds across the city and buzzes on phones. Russia targeted Ukrainian power facilities with strikes earlier this year, causing blackouts. The situation has since improved, but officials believe the Kremlin may plan to attack the grid again soon.
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