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Russian attacks kill 7, injure dozens across Ukraine amid continued strikes on energy infrastructure

Headline from The Kyiv Independent

Ukrainian forces downed 289 out of the 332 drones, including jet-powered attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Russian drones and ballistic missiles of the Iskander-M or the North Korean KN-23 model struck 22 different locations, and debris fell in three areas.

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  1. The Kyiv Independent

    11-year-old boy killed, five injured by Russian drone attack in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    The latest attacks in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast follow several days of deadly Russian strikes across Ukraine, hitting residential buildings and critical civilian infrastructure, killing civilians, disrupting power and water supplies, and damaging bridges and other infrastructure.

  2. The Kyiv Independent

    Russian drone strike kills 3 service members in Ivano-Frankivsk, wounds 3 others (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    The attack was the latest in a series targeting the western Ukrainian city, with strikes reported on three days within a four-day period.

  3. The Kyiv Independent

    Ukraine war latest: Russian drones strike Kyiv morning and evening, kill woman, injure 14 (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    Key developments on Oct. 12: * Russian drone attacks throughout the day strike Kyiv apartment bloc, kill woman, injure 14 * Russia strikes Roshen confectionery factory in Vinnytsia * New interceptor drone destroys two Russian Geran-5 drones in first week, Fedorov says * SBU detains 19-year-old suspe…

  4. Euromaidan Press

    Russia’s largest drone attack on Kirovohrad Oblast since the full-scale invasion kills three in Kropyvnytskyi (opens Euromaidan Press)

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    Drones struck critical infrastructure, transport companies, logistics sites, and homes across the central Ukrainian oblast, with its capital taking most of the damage.

  5. The Kyiv Independent

    Russian attacks kill at least 17, injure 67 across Ukraine, as drone waves wreak havoc in central, western oblasts (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia used a total of 850 Shahed-type drones since 09:00 a.m. on Oct. 14.

  6. The Kyiv Independent

    Russian attacks kill at least 3, injure 53 across Ukraine, as Moscow hammers energy infrastructure (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    Ukraine's Air Force said Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 149 Shahed-type drones, 108 of them jet-powered.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Russian attacks in Ukraine kill at least 8, cut power to 1 million (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Russia strikes Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Volyn and Rivne as Moscow presses its campaign against Ukraine's power grid.

  8. The Kyiv Independent

    Russian attacks kill 7, injure dozens across Ukraine amid continued strikes on energy infrastructure (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    Ukrainian forces downed 289 out of the 332 drones, including jet-powered attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Russian drones and ballistic missiles of the Iskander-M or the North Korean KN-23 model struck 22 different locations, and debris fell in three areas.