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killed in southern odesa and eastern donetsk, occupied by russia. moscow blames kyiv, repeating it does not target civilians. kyiv says russia sent a record 90 drones all over the country. ukraine is still mourning the deaths of more than a0 civilians killed just two days ago. this is what s left from a 5 star hotel in the centre of kharkiv. katerina lives nearby. translation: when i was cooking our festive meal i had to shelter in the bathroom because of the attack. the drones were right above our home, it was very scary. and this video we received from occupy crimea. decorated with ukrainian symbols, this christmas tree would be labelled extremism by russia if found. locals hope this year will finally mean freedom and peace. olga malchevska, bbc news.
heavy russian missile and drone strikes on ukraine this early morning killed four civilians, wounded dozens and caused widespread damage. russia attacked with waves of different missiles during the morning rush hour. military authorities issued air alerts that lasted for at least three hours. ukraine s air force commander says in terms of number and types of missiles, today s russia s air strike was a repeat of major attack on december 29th. this new attack came a day after russian president putin vowed to intensify strikes on ukraine. drones and missiles struck residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. several districts of ukraine s capital had been cut off electricity and water, which brought back memories of last winter, when russia pounded the energy grid with missiles, causing frequent power cuts and plunging millions into darkness in the middle of winter. our reporter olga malchevska has been speaking to locals in odesa, kharkiv and occupied crimea about the past few d
says ten explosions near the southern port area. the attack occurred between russian hit and southern odesa targeted saturday and the russian claim they hit store of missiles and russian forces continue to hammer the territory in their effort to take more of the black seacoastline. although the troops like ukrainian are suffering heavy losses in ongoing battle. chief of armed forces said this weekend that 50,000 russian troops have been killed or injured since the invasion began in late february. in addition, an estimated 1700 russian tanks and 4,000 fighting vehicles have been destroyed so far. despite these losses, russia s defense minister ordered troops on saturday so intensify as ukrainians look to defend eastern and southern parts of the country. this is russia as a challenge to the world order. russia is failing in all of those ambitions. russia is a more diminished nation than it was at the