Russia launches air strikes on Ukraine in "largest attack since the start of the war," leaving dead and dozens injured.

Arabian Sea Newspaper - Special

**Arabian Sea_Reuters:** Ukrainian authorities said that Russian airstrikes, the "largest since the start of the war," targeted several regions, including the capital Kyiv, on Saturday night and Sunday, killing at least three people, including a baby, and wounding dozens. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Moscow launched at least 805 drones and 13 missiles, of which 747 drones and four missiles were shot down or intercepted. Authorities, who issued a nationwide air threat warning, added that smoke rose from a government building in central Kyiv on Sunday morning after the attacks, while helicopters flew over the building, dropping water on its roof. The Prime Minister confirmed that the roof of the building, which houses the government headquarters, and its upper floors were damaged. Yulia Sviridenko said in a post on Telegram that "the roof and upper floors were damaged as a result of an enemy attack. Rescue teams are working to extinguish the fire." According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched at least 805 drones and 13 missiles towards Ukraine from Saturday night to Sunday morning, in the largest air attack since the outbreak of the war. The same source stated on Telegram that "Air Force units detected and tracked 818 air attack weapons," adding that air defenses shot down or intercepted 747 drones and four missiles. **Potential Air Threat** Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a post on Telegram that drone attacks killed a baby and a young woman, adding that a pregnant woman was among five injured who were taken to hospital. Klitschko said earlier that an elderly woman died in a bomb shelter in the Darnytskyi district east of the Dnipro River, the location of the other two deaths. The official emergency service reported that an attack on the capital Kyiv damaged a number of towers and shared pictures of firefighters battling a fire on a high floor. It said on Telegram that "one person was killed and 18 were injured in the capital as a result of the massive attack." It added: "The fires have been brought under control and emergency rescue operations are continuing." Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities announced a warning of a potential air threat at 6:06 a.m. (03:06 GMT). This came after one person was killed and others injured in a Russian airstrike on the Sumy region (northeast) of Ukraine near the border, according to local authorities on Saturday evening. Sumy Governor Oleg Grigoriev said on Telegram: "As a result of a hostile attack on the outskirts of the village of Putfel, one person was killed and others were injured," including a young boy of nine years old. In the southeast of the country, a Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia on Saturday evening injured at least 15 people, four of whom were taken to hospital, according to Ivan Fedorov, head of the military administration of this partially Russian-occupied region, who published pictures of severely damaged residential buildings. The mayor of Kremenchuk, Vitali Maletsky, said that dozens of explosions shook the city in central Ukraine, leading to power outages in some areas. **Warplanes Fly in Poland After Strikes** For his part, Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the military administration, said via Telegram that Russian attacks on Kryvyi Rih in the same region targeted the city's transportation and infrastructure, but there were no reports of casualties. In the southern city of Odesa, infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged, with fires breaking out in several residential complexes, according to the region's governor, Oleh Kiper, on Telegram. Moscow has not yet commented. The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces stated that Polish and allied aircraft flew to ensure the safety of the airspace as western Ukraine was at risk of air attacks. In addition, the commander of the Ukrainian drone unit, Robert Brovdi, said on Sunday that Ukraine attacked the Druzhba oil pipeline, also known as the "Friendship" pipeline, in the Russian Bryansk region. Brovdi added in a post on Telegram that "extensive damage resulting from the fire" was inflicted on the pipeline, which is used to export Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia.