Russia launched a ballistic missile and a barrage of drones at Ukraine’s capital before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least two people in apartment buildings, Ukrainian officials said.<\/p>\n
Eight people were also wounded in the attack, including four children, the Kyiv City Military Administration said in a post on Telegram.
\nThe attack came before Russia’s planned unilateral 72-hour ceasefire in the more than three-year war to coincide with celebrations in Moscow marking Victory Day in World War II, The Associated Press reported. The US has proposed a 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine has accepted, but the Kremlin has held out for ceasefire terms more to its liking.
\nThe Kremlin said that the truce, ordered on \u201chumanitarian grounds,\u201d would start on Thursday and last through Saturday to mark the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945.
\nRussian President Vladimir Putin is expecting foreign dignitaries, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, to watch a military parade in Red Square during the 80th anniversary celebrations. Any Ukrainian attack, like Tuesday’s drone barrage that forced all four international airports around Moscow to temporarily suspend flights, would be embarrassing for the Russian leader.
\nThe Kremlin announced Tuesday that Putin will travel to China at the end of August and beginning of September. Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Moscow has drawn closer to China as Western countries sought to isolate Beijing diplomatically. Russia has become increasingly dependent economically on China because of Western sanctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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