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Rus­sia un­leashed a ma­jor mis­sile and drone bar­rage on Kyiv ear­ly Fri­day, killing six peo­ple, leav­ing gap­ing holes in apart­ment build­ings and start­ing fires as the sound of ex­plo­sions boomed across the city and lit up the night sky. A preg­nant woman was among at least 35 peo­ple wound­ed, Ukrain­ian au­thor­i­ties said.

Rus­sia used at least 430 drones and 18 mis­siles in the night­time at­tack, Ukrain­ian Pres­i­dent Volodymyr Ze­len­skyy said.

Rus­sia has waged a dev­as­tat­ing aer­i­al cam­paign against Ukraine since its all-out in­va­sion of its neigh­bour near­ly four years ago. U.S.-led diplo­mat­ic ef­forts this year to stop the fight­ing have so far come to noth­ing.