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"Russian drones and missiles have pounded the Ukrainian capital and other
cities, hours after the cancellation of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and
Donald Trump, killing six people including a six-month-old baby, a 12-year-old
girl and a woman, and damaging key energy facilities and several high-rise
residential buildings.
The attacks, involving over 400 drones and 28 missiles, lasted most of Tuesday
night and into Wednesday morning as Kyiv was hit by at least four ballistic
missiles. A drone strike on Kharkiv hit a kindergarten, killing one man and
injuring seven others.
A series of loud explosions were audible across Kyiv on Wednesday and towards
dawn and beginning of the morning rush-hour, air defences targeting Russian
drones could be heard above the sound of traffic.
The Russian drone strike on the Kharkiv kindergarten came later on Wednesday
morning. Footage from the immediate aftermath of the attack showed desperate
parents and rescue workers carrying crying children to safety from the
building.
“There was a direct hit on a private kindergarten in the Kholodnoyarkiy
district of Kharkiv. A fire started,” Kharkiv’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said in a
statement.
The Ukrainian president, Volodomyr Zelenskyy, posted on X: “There is no
justification for a drone strike on a kindergarten, nor can there ever be.
Clearly, Russia is growing more brazen. These strikes are Russia’s spit in the
face to everyone who insists on a peaceful resolution. Thugs and terrorists can
only be put in their place by force.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
