Russia has launched another round of up to 500 Shahed drones and missiles on Ukrainian cities earlier today for the third consecutive time this week. A maternity hospital was hit in Odessa earlier today and fires spread in the city of Kyiv as drones hit multiple civilian areas.
Russian attacks with the Iranian-produced Shahed drones are becoming more frequent and these drones are mainly being used to target civilians, apartment building and civilian infrastructure including schools and hospitals. At least a dozen of civilians have been killed since attacks escalated last week and hundreds more injured and missing.
Russia is also reportedly using double-tapping bombing methods against civilian targets, where a civilian target is bombed for the second time when rescuers arrive on site with occurrences in Kharkiv late last week.
US President Donald Trump has withheld a weapons purchase of anti-drone missiles to Ukraine which is now being re-directed to another client in the Near East, possibly the United Arab Emirates. Europe remains the biggest anti-air defence supplier for Ukraine but Israel has also recently transferred a Patriot battery to Ukraine.
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