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Russia launched a major overnight attack on Ukraine early Tuesday, targeting the capital Kyiv and the southern port city of Odesa with waves of drones and missiles. At least three people were killed and 13 injured in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as “one of the biggest” strikes on Kyiv since the war began three years ago.
According to Zelenskyy, Russian forces fired 315 drones—mostly Iranian-made Shaheds—and seven missiles. “Russian missile and Shahed strikes are louder than the efforts of the United States and others to push for peace,” he said, urging stronger action from the West.
In Odesa, a maternity hospital and residential buildings were hit, killing two people and injuring nine. Another person died in Kyiv’s Obolonskyi district. Officials said explosions and the buzzing of drones continued for hours across the capital.
The assault followed an even larger drone attack the previous night, when Russia launched nearly 500 drones—its biggest aerial barrage of the war so far. The fresh attacks come despite recent peace talks in Istanbul, which yielded little progress as both sides maintain firm positions.
However, one concrete outcome has been the exchange of prisoners of war. On Monday and Tuesday, both sides released groups of soldiers, including wounded Ukrainian troops captured years ago during the battle for Mariupol. Many of them suffer from serious health conditions.
Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed receiving its own group of returned soldiers. Ukrainian families welcomed the reunions with mixed relief and pain, as many still wait for news of missing loved ones.
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