At least eight people were killed and 60 wounded across Ukraine in devastating attacks overnight, as the war-torn country faced one of Russia’s largest bombing campaigns of the war.
Russian forces fired 47 missiles and 619 drones — including about 400 Shahed-type “kamikaze” drones,Ukraine’s Air Force said.
The strikes caused “considerable destruction” on the frontline city of Dnipro, where 27 houses, two kindergartens and a medical clinic were destroyed, Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov said.
Explosions were first heard around 3:30 a.m. local time, and the barraged lasted “for more than 10 hours,” according to Dnipro Gov. Oleksandr Hanzha.
Roofs of apartment buildings collapsed from the deafening blasts, entire floors were ripped to pieces and nearly 1,500 windows were left shattered, according to local officials.
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