Russian strikes kill three and leave 600,000 without power as Ukraine reports Starlink disruption
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Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least three people in Kyiv, injured 21 and left about 600,000 people without electricity across Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said. A residential building near Kyiv and critical energy infrastructure in the capital region and Kharkiv were among the sites hit.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 39 ballistic and cruise missiles and 128 drones overnight, of which four missiles and 115 drones were intercepted. Russia’s Defence Ministry described the attack as “massive” and said it targeted communications and energy facilities used by Ukraine’s military. The strikes followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that an “energy ceasefire” was in place between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials also reported that new speed restrictions on SpaceX’s Starlink service had disrupted battlefield operations. A Ukrainian Defence Ministry source told the BBC that terminals lost connectivity when vehicles or other assets exceeded 160km/h, affecting interceptor and strike drones as well as logistics, reconnaissance and communications. SpaceX had not publicly commented.
Separately, Ukraine’s Navy said it used a Neptune missile to strike Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region, destroying six Su-34M fighter-bombers and aviation-support equipment.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Delete the unsupported verification and Russian-response sentence; the rest of the story is supported by the sources. - "The claim had not been independently verified, and Russia had not publicly confirmed the reported losses.": Neither the absence of independent verification nor the lack of Russian confirmation is established by the supplied sources.
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Russian strikes kill three and leave 600,000 without power as Ukraine reports Starlink disruption
Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least three people in Kyiv, injured 21 and left about 600,000 people without electricity across Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said. A residential building near Kyiv and critical energy infrastructure in the capital region and Kharkiv were among the sites hit.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 39 ballistic and cruise missiles and 128 drones overnight, of which four missiles and 115 drones were intercepted. Russia’s Defence Ministry described the attack as “massive” and said it targeted communications and energy facilities used by Ukraine’s military. The strikes followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that an “energy ceasefire” was in place between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials also reported that new speed restrictions on SpaceX’s Starlink service had disrupted battlefield operations. A Ukrainian Defence Ministry source told the BBC that terminals lost connectivity when vehicles or other assets exceeded 160km/h, affecting interceptor and strike drones as well as logistics, reconnaissance and communications. SpaceX had not publicly commented.
Separately, Ukraine’s Navy said it used a Neptune missile to strike Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region, destroying six Su-34M fighter-bombers and aviation-support equipment. The claim had not been independently verified, and Russia had not publicly confirmed the reported losses.
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