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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Bryony Gooch and Nicole Wootton-Cane

‘Putin wants us to panic’: Why Russia launched the largest aerial strike of the war so far

Russia launched the biggest aerial strikes of the war so far Ukraine over the weekend, killing four people including a mother and her three-month-old baby.

More than 800 drones and 13 missiles were fired at cities across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, in the early hours of Sunday 7 September. The strike marked the first attack of the war on the main Ukrainian government building, and is the second major assault on the capital within two weeks.

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