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Vladimir Putin is exploiting Washington’s reluctance to install missile defenses in Ukraine.
Away from the front lines, Russia has introduced wave after wave of indiscriminate attacks on residential areas, power plants and food purchases in Ukrainian cities.
At least 18 other people have been killed in an attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, prompting fresh calls for air defense from Western allies.
Among the victims is Alina Mykolaets, a police officer who is in poor health and staying at home.
Another 78 people were injured when the missiles hit the city center around 9 a. m. on Wednesday, while six other people were missing as rescuers cleared the rubble.
Mayor Oleksandr Lomako said three explosions had ripped through a bustling part of the city.
People ran out of a bus for shelter as emergency services and medics rushed to the scene of the attack, Ukrainian officials said.
It was Russia’s deadliest airstrike in weeks and led to additional carnage in a city reeling from previous attacks.
A video shared on Telegram the destruction of a gynecology clinic that had just been rebuilt after being bombed in Russia in 2022.
Broken glass can be seen strewn over hospital beds and doors ripped off their hinges.
“Those bastards. We had just rebuilt it,” a Ukrainian can be heard cursing in the background.
On Thursday morning, fresh explosions rocked an area near the central city of Dnieper.
Large plumes of gray smoke rose into the sky moments after the missile strike, which is believed to have been introduced from the border city of Rostov, Russia.
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Ukraine is suffering from ammunition shortages, with U. S. investment blocked by Republicans in Congress for months and the EU failing to deliver ammunition on time.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned for months that Ukraine lacks the air defenses needed for its skies.
“This would have happened if Ukraine had obtained a sufficient number of air defense systems and if the global determination to counter Russian terrorism had been sufficient,” he said.
“Ukraine’s determination is enough. You also want there to be enough commitment from our partners and therefore enough support.
EU foreign policy leader Josep Borrell also suggested member countries send their anti-missile systems to bolster Ukraine’s air defense.
Speaking at a meeting of Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers on the island of Capri, he said: “We have Patriots, we have anti-missile systems.
“We want to get them out of our barracks where they are just in case and send them to Ukraine, where the war is in full swing.
“Otherwise, Ukraine’s electric power formula will be destroyed. And no country can struggle to have electricity at home, in factories, online, for everything.
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