Russia hits Ukraine with rare daytime barrage as new offensive begins

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Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack on Ukraine, deploying 948 drones in a 24-hour period, marking a potential new offensive. The attacks, unusually occurring during the daytime, struck multiple regions, including Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia, and Lviv, resulting in casualties and damage to infrastructure, including a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Overnight bombardments across 11 regions also caused fatalities. President Zelenskyy appealed to allies for increased air defense support, citing concerns about a potential missile deficit due to the US focus on the conflict between Iran and Israel. He also noted the lack of progress on a security guarantees agreement with the US during recent talks.

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A security guarantees agreement that Kyiv has long sought from Washington had not yet been developed.

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Tuesday’s rare daytime attacks killed two people in Ivano-Frankivsk and one person in Vinnytsia.

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Russia launched 948 drones in a 24-hour period.

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Kyiv will face a deficit of missiles while Washington is focused on the US-Israeli war on Iran.

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Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site around St Andrew’s Church had been damaged.

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Russia fires 948 drones at Ukraine as new offensive beginsUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Kyiv faces deficit of missiles while Washington focused on its war on Iran.Russia has carried out one of the largest aerial attacks since the start of its war on Ukraine, launching 948 drones in a 24-hour period as it moved troops and equipment to the front line in what appeared to be the start of its new offensive.Tuesday’s rare daytime attacks killed two people in the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk and one person in the region of Vinnytsia, according to regional authorities.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Ukraine strikes key Russian oil port and refinerylist 2 of 3Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges allies to pressure Russia ahead of US talkslist 3 of 3Zelenskyy says Ukraine wants timeline for next round of Russia talksend of listIn Lviv, footage posted online showed a drone crashing into an old building next to a church in the historic centre. Lviv’s Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site around the 17th-century St Andrew’s Church had been damaged.“Russia is attacking a crowded city centre in broad daylight,” Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko wrote on X.Overnight attacksThe strikes followed an overnight bombardment across 11 regions that killed five people, including two in the Poltava region, and one each in the regions of Zaporizhia, Kherson and Kharkiv.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a new appeal for allies to supply Kyiv with air defence munitions, warning that Kyiv, which relies on the US for air defence systems against ballistic missiles, will face a deficit of missiles while Washington is focused on the US-Israeli war on Iran.“It’s important to continue supporting Ukraine. It’s important that all agreements on air defence are implemented on time,” he said on X.Reporting on talks between Ukraine and the US that opened in the US state of Florida on Saturday, Zelenskyy said that a security guarantees agreement that Kyiv has long sought from Washington had not yet been developed.

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