Blasts in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities kill several civilians, force Kyiv to introduce emergency power cuts across the country
Russia’s second mass attack on Ukraine in two days killed at least two civilians in an apparent attempt to ensure the country and its military operations will be short of power as Christmas approaches.
At the time, two employees of The Globe and Mail were in the United Nations bunker in Kyiv conducting interviews and heard the explosions. In Kyiv, residents filled the metro stations after the air-raid alerts went off in the early morning. A second alert was issued shortly after noon, local time.The Friday attack came two days after Kyiv and the region around it were targeted by a mass wave of Iranian-made Shahed drones. Ukraine’s military said it shot down 13 of the “kamikaze” machines. Five buildings were damaged, probably from the shrapnel from the drones destroyed as they flew.
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