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“Deadly Russian strikes hit Ukraine’s capital ahead of key NATO meeting

The overnight attacks on Kyiv killed at least 19 people as Russia stepped up a new offensive. Ukraine’s president said NATO must do more to help his country intercept incoming missiles.

KYIV — Russia launched a major aerial attack on Kyiv overnight, killing at least 19 people, just a day before leaders of NATO countries are set to meet in Ankara, Turkey and after a weekend in which Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with President Donald Trump.

Facing acute fuel shortages in Russia and a growing global perception that Putin’s war is stalling, Moscow’s forces have stepped up airstrikes on Kyiv and other cities in recent days, including an attack on Kyiv last week that killed 30 people.

Putin late last week donned green military fatigues and visited a command post where he insisted that claims of Ukraine’s success were being fabricated.

However, Russian appointed officials in Crimea recently declared a state of emergency there, and Ukraine’s mid- and long-range drone strikes on oil refineries and other infrastructure have led to fuel rationing in many Russian regions and long queues at gas stations including in Moscow, the ”

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“Deadly Russian strikes hit Ukraine’s capital ahead of key NATO meeting”

David Stern, Anastacia Galouchka

The Washington Post

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