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Russia launched a lethal aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv utilizing missiles and drones for a second night time in a row, as the 2 sides carried out an exchange of hundreds of prisoners of war.
Three individuals had been killed in assaults on the Ukrainian capital area in a single day into Sunday, the Kyiv regional navy administration stated, a day after officers reported at the least 13 lifeless throughout Ukraine on account of Russian assaults.
Authorities in Kyiv stated one other 10 individuals, together with two kids, had been injured and civilian buildings in a number of districts had been broken.
Air raid sirens blared for hours within the capital and residents had been warned to remain in shelters within the early hours of Sunday as officers stated assault drones continued to bear down on the capital.
Kyiv was underneath one other “large” assault, mayor Vitali Klitschko stated in a Telegram submit.
The onslaught on the capital comes as worldwide strain mounts on Russian President Vladimir Putin to simply accept a ceasefire proposal and finish his more than three-year war. The primary direct talks in three years between Kyiv and Moscow earlier this month as a substitute ended with an agreement for the exchange of prisoners, which started Friday and is anticipated to final three days.
For the reason that begin of that trade, Russian assaults have focused areas throughout Ukraine, with the “foremost focus” being on the capital Kyiv, in keeping with Ukraine’s Air Power.
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