Wed. Dec 18th, 2024
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  • Blasts were heard in Kyiv early on Sunday, reports said, after Ukraine’s air force warned of a major Russian missile attack threat. The head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council reported on the Telegram messaging app that there were many missiles in the air.

  • Ukraine’s military said its air defence units were trying to repel a Russian air attack on the capital. The Reuters news agency reported that a residential building was on fire after it was hit by Russia.

  • Polish armed forces said the country has activated its aircraft to ensure that its airspace is secured after Russia launched a missile attack on Ukraine.
  • A drone crashed into a factory workshop in west-central Russia, causing an explosion and injuring one person, the head of the Udmurt Republic said on Sunday. One person with “moderate” injuries was taken to hospital.

  • Russian forces have captured the villages of Makarivka and Hryhorivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Russia’s Ministry of Defence said. Moscow’s claim could not be independently verified immediately.

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