Drone strikes strike critical infrastructure facilities in Kyiv region

A girl walks earlier an condominium block strike by Russian forces on October 12, 2022 in Bakhmut, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine.

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Significant infrastructure services had been strike by drone strikes early on Thursday, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s presidential place of work said on Thursday.

“One more assault by kamikaze drones on crucial infrastructure facilities,” Tymoshenko mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.

Ukraine has described a spate of Russian assaults with Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in the latest months. Iran denies supplying the drones to Russia, although the Kremlin has not commented.

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