More than 100 injured across country after Russia launches nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles
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Russia has carried out its deadliest attack against Ukraine this year, killing at least 17 people, and injuring more than 100, in a wave of drone and missile strikes across the country.
Nine people died in the southern port city of Odesa, with four killed in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old boy. There were three fatalities in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Another person died in Zaporizhzhia oblast.
An air-raid alarm sounded in the capital at about 2.30am on Thursday. Explosions could be heard soon afterwards, as well as loud booms from Ukrainian air defences. According to Ukraine’s air force, Russia launched nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles.
