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Russia hammered civilian areas of Ukraine pinch hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles successful an onslaught that stretched for hours from daytime into nan night, sidesplitting astatine slightest 16 group and injuring much than 80 others arsenic terrified residents cowered successful their homes, officials said Thursday.
Russia launched astir 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles, chiefly targeting civilians, successful its biggest aerial barrage successful almost 2 weeks, authorities said.
Tetiana Sokol, a 54-year-old resident of Kyiv, said 2 missiles deed adjacent her location and she took screen pinch her canine successful nan hallway arsenic flashes lit up nan nighttime and windows shattered from nan blast wave.
"On nan 3rd onslaught everything broke, everything flew, we were shocked, we didn’t cognize wherever to run. I grabbed immoderate came to manus and ran distant pinch nan dog," she told The Associated Press. "I still can’t find nan cats successful nan house, they climbed retired somewhere, I don’t moreover know. No windows, nothing, nan canine is still stepping astir successful stress."
RUSSIAN WINTER STRIKE LEAVES NEARLY 800K HOMES WITHOUT POWER AND HEAT IN UKRAINE’S DNIPRO REGION
Firefighters activity to extinguish a occurrence successful Kyiv aft a Russian onslaught connected April 16, 2026. Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles astatine civilian areas crossed Ukraine, sidesplitting astatine slightest 16 group and injuring much than 80, officials said. (Serhii Okunev / AFP via Getty Images)
Moscow's forces person deed civilian areas almost regular since its all-out penetration of its neighbour much than 4 years ago, pinch nan regular assaults occasionally punctuated by monolithic attacks. More than 15,000 Ukrainian civilians person died successful nan strikes, nan United Nations says.
Zelenskyy connected a ngo to amended aerial defenses
The latest bombardment came successful nan aftermath of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's 48-hour travel this week to Germany, Norway and Italy successful an urgent hunt for much aerial defense systems that tin extremity Russian missiles.
Ukraine has developed a important home arms industry, particularly successful nan accumulation of drones and missiles, but it can’t yet lucifer nan sophistication of U.S. Patriot aerial defense systems. Ukraine’s apical negotiated privilege is securing allies’ thief to bargain and build much and amended aerial defenses, Zelenskyy said this week.
Cash-strapped Ukraine besides needs nan speedy disbursement of a promised indebtedness from the European Union of 90 cardinal euros ($106 billion) that has been blocked by Hungary.
Ukraine fears nan Iran warfare is burning done stockpiles of nan precocious American-made systems it needs, and has based on against a U.S. impermanent waiver connected Russian lipid sanctions that Kyiv says is helping finance nan Kremlin's warfare effort.
US ACCUSES RUSSIA OF 'DANGEROUS AND INEXPLICABLE ESCALATION' IN UKRAINE WAR DURING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
A female walks her canine done nan rubble of a location damaged successful a Russian onslaught connected Kyiv, Ukraine, connected April 16, 2026. Officials said Russian forces fired astir 700 drones and aggregate missiles successful a sweeping onslaught connected Ukrainian civilians that lasted from time into night. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
"Another nighttime has proven that Russia does not merit immoderate easing of world argumentation aliases lifting of sanctions," Zelenskyy said connected X.
He thanked Germany, Norway and Italy for new agreements this week connected supporting Ukraine's aerial defense. Officials are besides moving pinch nan Netherlands connected further supplies, he said.
At nan aforesaid time, he noted that immoderate partner countries haven't followed done connected pledges of subject support.
"I person instructed nan Commander of nan Air Force to interaction those partners who earlier committed to providing missiles for Patriot and different systems," Zelenskyy said.
Other areas of Ukraine and Russia were besides hit
The bombardment was nan biggest successful weeks. Last month, Russia fired 948 drones and 34 missiles successful nan abstraction of 24 hours successful nan largest battle of nan warfare connected civilian areas.
At slightest 4 group were killed overnight successful Kyiv, including a 12-year-old, pinch much than 50 others injured, according to authorities. Officials said the onslaught damaged 17 flat buildings, 10 backstage homes, arsenic good arsenic a hotel, agency center, car dealership, state position and a shopping promenade successful nan capital.
RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACK ON PASSENGER TRAIN IS AN ‘ACT OF TERRORISM,’ ZELENSKYY SAYS
Firefighters activity astatine a building damaged successful an overnight onslaught by Russia successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected April 16, 2026. Ukrainian officials said Russia’s hourslong aerial battle deed Kyiv, Odesa, nan Dnipro region and Zaporizhzhia, damaging homes and different civilian sites. (Genya SAVILOV / AFP via Getty Images)
Nine group were killed and 23 injured successful nan confederate larboard metropolis of Odesa, 3 women were killed and astir 3 twelve injured successful nan cardinal Dnipro region, and 1 personification was killed successful Zaporizhzhia successful nan south.
"Such attacks cannot beryllium normalized. These are warfare crimes that must beryllium stopped and their perpetrators held to account," Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said connected X.
Ukraine’s aerial unit said aerial defenses changeable down aliases abnormal 667 retired of 703 incoming targets, including 636 Shahed-type drones and different uncrewed aerial vehicles.
It said 20 onslaught drones and 12 missiles deed 26 locations.
Meanwhile, successful Russia, Krasnodar location Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev reported that a 14-year-old woman and a female were killed successful Ukrainian strikes successful nan Black Sea larboard of Tuapse.
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He said that attacks damaged six flat buildings, 24 backstage houses and 3 schools. Drone fragments besides fell adjacent nan larboard of Tuapse.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its aerial defenses downed 207 Ukrainian drones overnight.
