Explosions rang out across Kyiv early Monday, a week after nationwide strikes rocked the city for the first time since June.
A drone is seen in the sky seconds before it fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.KYIV — Explosions rang out across Ukraine's capital early Monday, a week after nationwide strikes rocked the city for the first time since June.
Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said 18 people were pulled from the rubble of one residential building. Bulldozers could be seen driving past a police cordon that had been set up on the street. Smoke could be seen coming from at least two buildings.Firefighters work after a drone fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.
Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, again called on the West to provide Ukraine with more air defense systems."We have no time for slow actions," he said online. Many Kyiv residents, including some of NPR's Ukrainian staff, recorded videos of Ukrainian air defense systems firing at drones over the city.
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