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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>KYIV – Russia pounded Ukraine for hours with hundreds of drones and missiles overnight, killing at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, Kyiv said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Neighbouring Poland scrambled jets to secure its airspace in the wake of the 12-hour barrage, after NATO accused Moscow of being behind a series of violations of the defence alliance’s airspace.<\/p>\n

Diplomatic efforts to stop the war have faltered and Russia has vowed to press on with the offensive that it launched in February 2022.<\/p>\n

“Moscow wants to continue fighting and killing and deserves only the harshest pressure from the world,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said following the strikes, which lasted for 12 hours.<\/p>\n

“The Kremlin benefits from continuing this war and terror as long as there are profits from energy sales,” he added, urging stronger measures against Russia.<\/p>\n

Following the massive aerial barrage, Zelensky held a round of calls with allies, including NATO chief Mark Rutte, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.<\/p>\n

Russia said it had only hit military targets during the attack.<\/p>\n

Russia’s full-scale invasion, launched in February 2022, has ravaged swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine, killing tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian leader vowed his country would target Russia’s ability to fund the war and force Moscow to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n

At least four people were killed in Kyiv, authorities said, including a 12-year-old girl and more than 40 people were wounded across the Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Sumy, Cherkasy and Mykolaiv regions.<\/p>\n

‘IN SHOCK’<\/b><\/p>\n

Kyiv region resident Mark Sergeev and his family were sleeping when a missile hit their apartment in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n

“I still can’t believe that the children are alive. It’s such a blessing from God. They were right under the roof when it hit them. The roof was torn off right above my eldest son’s bed,” the 35-year-old told AFP.<\/p>\n

Anna, 26, said her flat was covered in broken glass after it was hit.<\/p>\n

“I was in shock, so I didn’t hear much… But I heard a rocket flying for a long time, and then there was just an explosion and the windows shattered,”she said.<\/p>\n

Zelensky posted photos of residential buildings in flames, with emergency services putting out fires and rescuing people from shattered buildings.<\/p>\n

More victims could be uncovered in the debris, rescuers said. AFP reporters saw rescuers using heavy machinery to clear up the rubble from almost completely destroyed buildings.<\/p>\n

Apart from residential buildings, a cardiology centre and a kindergarten were among the buildings hit across the country, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n

Russia rained down 643 drones and rockets, including cruise missiles, across eastern, central and southern Ukraine, Ukraine’ General Staff said.<\/p>\n

‘THEY WILL REGRET IT’<\/b><\/p>\n

Poland’s armed forces said on X that Warsaw had scrambled fighter jets in its airspace and put ground-based air defence systems on high alert.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, several European countries have accused Russia of violating their airspace with drones and fighter jets, in what NATO sees as a test of its resolve.<\/p>\n

Russia has denied that it is responsible for the incursions or that it plans to attack any NATO nation.<\/p>\n

In an address at the UN General Assembly in New York on Saturday, Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that “any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response”.<\/p>\n

Zelensky said Ukraine received a US-made Patriot air defence system from Israel, and two more wereexpected to arrive soon, after he returned from New York, where he also addressed the UN.<\/p>\n

Kyiv and Moscow also said on Saturday that the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant – Europe’s largest – had been off the grid for four days, stoking fears of a potential nuclear incident.<\/p>\n

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