据美联社报道,乌克兰官员周四表示,俄罗斯对乌克兰平民区发动了大规模无人机和导弹袭击。此次袭击从白天持续到深夜,是近两周来规模最大的一次空中攻势,造成至少16人死亡,80多人受伤。据当局统计,俄罗斯发射了近700架无人机以及数十枚弹道和巡航导弹,主要针对平民目标。联合国数据显示,自冲突全面爆发四年多以来,已有超过1.5万名乌克兰平民在袭击中丧生。
此次轰炸发生之际,乌克兰总统泽连斯基刚刚结束对德国、挪威和意大利的访问,寻求更多能拦截俄方导弹的防空系统。乌方担心相关冲突正在消耗其急需的美国先进防空系统库存。泽连斯基在社交媒体上表示,此次袭击证明俄方不配获得任何全球政策的缓和或制裁的取消。他感谢了德国、挪威和意大利在本周达成的防空支持新协议,并表示正与荷兰商讨额外供应。同时,他指示空军司令联系此前承诺提供“爱国者”及其他系统导弹的合作伙伴,因为部分国家尚未履行军事支持承诺。在基辅,袭击造成至少4人死亡,其中包括一名12岁的少年。
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Published April 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM HST
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia hammered civilian areas of Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an attack that stretched for hours from daytime into the night, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 80 others in its biggest aerial barrage in almost two weeks, officials said Thursday.
Russia launched nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles, primarily targeting civilians, authorities said. Moscow's forces have hit civilian areas almost daily since its all-out invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago, with the regular assaults occasionally punctuated by massive attacks. More than 15,000 Ukrainian civilians have died in the strikes, the United Nations says.
The latest bombardment came in the wake of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's 48-hour trip this week to Germany, Norway and Italy in an urgent search for more air defense systems that can stop Russian missiles. Ukraine fears the Iran war is burning through stockpiles of the advanced American-made systems it needs, and has argued against a U.S. temporary waiver on Russian oil sanctions that Kyiv says is helping finance the Kremlin's war effort.
"Another night has proven that Russia does not deserve any easing of global policy or lifting of sanctions," Zelenskyy said on X.
He thanked Germany, Norway and Italy for new agreements this week on supporting Ukraine's air defense. Officials are also working with the Netherlands on additional supplies, he said.
At the same time, he noted that some partner countries haven't followed through on pledges of military support.
"I have instructed the Commander of the Air Force to contact those partners who earlier committed to providing missiles for Patriot and other systems," Zelenskyy said.
At least four people were killed in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old, with more than 50 others injured, according to authorities.
Tetiana Sokol, a 54-year-old resident of Kyiv, said two missiles hit near her home and she took cover with her dog in the hallway as flashes lit up the night and windows shattered from the blast wave.
"On the third attack everything broke, everything flew, we were shocked, we didn't know where to run. I grabbed whatever came to hand and ran away with the dog," she told The Associated Press. "I still can't find the cats in the house, they climbed out somewhere, I don't even know. No windows, nothing, the dog is still walking around in stress."
Nine people were killed and 23 injured in the southern port city of Odesa, three were killed and around three dozen injured in the central Dnipro region, and one person was killed in Zaporizhzhia in the south.
"Such attacks cannot be normalized. These are war crimes that must be stopped and their perpetrators held to account," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X.
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