NEWSFLASH: Close misses in Kyiv last night
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Editor’s Note:
Given the constant power outages, we are fundraising for batteries for each of our team: Myroslava, Mariana, Zoriana, Sashko, Nastia, Liza and Tania. They will cost approximately $2,800.
We are also trying to rent a small place outside of the city for the winter, so that we can arrange for our own heating and power in a relatively safer place – we expect that it will cost approximately $4,000.
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What a night.
The overnight hours were filled with the sounds of anti-aircraft machine gun fire, explosions, and the ever-present, sneering sound of Shaheed drones.
For the first time, I saw a green laser targeting incoming Russian drones.
At a certain point you lose track of the number of blasts, but then get shaken back awake with a surge of adrenaline when something explodes nearby – far closer than you typically expect.
One explosion occurred near The Counteroffensive’s offices, where I sleep, shaking the entire building and setting off car alarms across the neighborhood.
Another strike took place on the building next to our colleague Liza, who captured the fire across the street.
“I saw the pure terror in my parent’s eyes. Dad’s shaky voice while he was calling firefighters and standing there and seeing terrifying results of the strike just 50 meters from us,” Liza said, about the moment of strike.
Here’s the damage across the city:
Last night Russia launched 430 drones and 18 missiles at Ukraine, according to President Zelenskyy. The main target was Kyiv and the region.
Almost every one of the capital’s ten districts was hit with 30 buildings on fire, damaged or destroyed.
23 drones and missiles hit directly 13 locations around Ukraine, 44 shrapnel fragments from shot down targets fell in 44 locations.
One of the rescuers had to put the fire out at his own apartment.
“People ran out of the apartment just naked - they grabbed the children and ran
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