vitali klitschko

Authorities said seven people were killed in the northeastern city of Kharkiv in the overnight barrage that also wounded more than 50 people. The toll rose after emergency services said they pulled out "the body of a dead woman from under the rubble of a destroyed high-rise building". Rescue operations, they said, were ongoing.

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At least one person was killed and four were injured in a Russian drone attack for the third consecutive night in and around Kyiv, reported Al Jazeera on Thursday. The attack was confirmed by Kyiv's Mayor vitali klitschko who stated that following the "explosions," emergency services responded to calls in the Solomyanskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Podilskyi, and Darnytskyi districts of Kyiv.

Russian forces fired dozens of missiles at Ukraine on Thursday in a blistering wave of strikes targeting energy infrastructure a day after Germany and the United States pledged modern tanks for Kyiv. The latest wave of attacks came as the Kremlin said Moscow perceived the tank deliveries "as direct involvement in the conflict".

Air raid sirens wailed nationwide, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or of the missiles and drones striking targets. The head of the Kyiv city administration said that 15 cruise missiles were shot down. The attacks came after Germany and the United States announced Wednesday that they will send advanced battle tanks to Ukraine.

Kyiv's mayor said preliminary information suggested there were no deaths or injuries from the attack on the capital, and medics were working at the sites of the strikes in the Solomyanskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts.

Ukrainian forces said Wednesday they had shot down an entire swarm of Iranian-made drones launched at the capital by Russian troops in their latest attack on Kyiv.

Multiple explosions were heard in Kyiv Wednesday after air raid sirens sounded in Ukraine's capital and elsewhere across the country. The thunderous echoes of what sounded like repeated blasts rattled across the capital.

Ukraine announced Monday it had received more air defence systems from Western military allies, as officials in Kyiv said the situation with supplies was "tense" after protracted Russian attacks on energy facilities. Attacks by Moscow's forces, including with Iranian-made drones over the past month, have destroyed around 40 percent of Ukraine's power stations and the government has urged Ukrainians to maximise electricity savings.