A Russian attack overnight, mostly targeting the capital Kyiv, killed four people and damaged buildings across the city, Ukrainian authorities said Friday.

Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, has in recent months intensified its attacks on infrastructure, particularly targeting Ukrainian energy facilities and rail systems, as well as residential areas.

“This was a deliberately calculated attack aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The attack killed four, Zelensky said, and wounded dozens including a pregnant woman.

Zelensky added that Russia had launched around 430 drones and 18 missiles in the attack.

AFP journalists in the capital saw tracer bullets used against drones and several anti-m

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