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\n 19\/11\/2025 – 10:37 GMT+1\n <\/p>\n
Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale attack across Ukraine overnight on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more.<\/p>\n
The strikes targeted energy and transport sites, as well as civilian infrastructure in several regions, according to authorities. <\/p>\n
At least 46 people were injured in Kharkiv, the regional governor said, as firefighters worked to battle blazes and evacuate residents.<\/p>\n
Drones attacked several city districts, hitting at least 16 residential buildings, an ambulance station, a school and other civilian infrastructure, Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n
It was the third night in a row that the Kharkiv region was met with large-scale Russian attacks. <\/p>\n
In Ternopil in western Ukraine, 10 people died after two nine-story residential buildings were hit, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. Twelve children were among 37 injured there, he added.<\/p>\n
Officials said that in one building, the upper floors were torn away, causing a high number of casualties. Rescuers were still working to retrieve people from the rubble in the early hours of Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Western allies to increase pressure on Russia in a post on X. “Every brazen attack against ordinary life proves that the pressure on Russia is still insufficient,” he wrote, adding “effective sanctions and assistance for Ukraine can change this.”<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy said over 470 drones and 48 missiles were launched.<\/p>\n
An energy facility was struck in the Lviv region, authorities said, with no injuries reported. <\/p>\n
According to Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, the attack also damaged a wood-processing plant and a warehouse, triggering a fire at one of the sites. <\/p>\n
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi reported that civilian warehouses storing tyres caught fire within the city, and emergency responders were on site.<\/p>\n
Poland closes two airports and deploys jets<\/p>\n
Ternopil, located about 200 kilometres from the Polish border, is situated away from the main frontlines in western Ukraine, where many people from the east and south came for relative safety.<\/p>\n
In response to Wednesday’s attacks, Poland temporarily closed its Lublin and Rzesz\u00f3w airports, according to the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA).<\/p>\n
The airports were closed to accommodate the deployment of fighter jets to ensure the safety of Polish airspace.<\/p>\n
“Quick-reaction fighter pairs and an early warning aircraft have been scrambled, and ground-based air defence and radar surveillance systems have reached the highest state of readiness,” the Polish operational command said in a post on X.<\/p>\n
Two Eurofighter Typhoon jets and two F-16s were also scrambled in Romania when a drone entered the NATO member\u2019s airspace during the Russian attacks, Romania\u2019s Ministry of National Defence said.<\/p>\n
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