Russia Strikes Kyiv for 2nd Night      07/08 06:05

   Three people were killed across Ukraine on Wednesday in overnight Russian 
attacks, including one in Kyiv, where powerful explosions hit for the second 
night in a row.

   KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Three people were killed across Ukraine on Wednesday 
in overnight Russian attacks, including one in Kyiv, where powerful explosions 
hit for the second night in a row.

   Several explosions were heard shortly after midnight, before authorities 
issued an air raid alert. It was an unusual sequence of events because warnings 
typically precede strikes, giving civilians time to find shelter.

   In Kharkiv, two people were killed and 20 others were injured in a series of 
overnight strikes, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov.

   Ukraine's Air Force says Russia fired 169 long-range strike drones and seven 
missiles, including five ballistics, at the country last night. Air defenses 
shot down or jammed 139 drones, and two anti-radar missiles didn't reach their 
targets. All five ballistic missiles and 20 drones struck targets at 15 
locations, the Air Force said, underscoring the continued strain on Ukraine's 
air defenses.

   Russia's Defense Ministry said the military carried out a strike on arms 
industry facilities in Kyiv overnight, hitting a plant that was manufacturing 
components for Flamingo cruise missiles and a facility assembling mid- and 
long-range drones.

   The ministry also said air defenses downed 415 Ukrainian drones from late 
Tuesday to early Wednesday. Saratov Gov. Roman Busargin said a Ukrainian drone 
attack killed one person, injured several others and damaged unspecified 
industrial facilities.

   Nizhhnekamsk Mayor Radmir Belyayev said Ukrainian drones damaged industrial 
facilities in the city and injured several people. Belyayev didn't name the 
facilities that were damaged.

   Yuri Slyusar, the governor of the Rostov region, said that Ukrainian drones 
hit and damaged two oil tankers in Taganrog Bay, injuring two crew members. The 
crew of one of the ships had to be evacuated.

   Slyusar said that there was no oil spill as the oil tankers heading to the 
port of Rostov-on-Don were empty.

   In Ukraine, the Russian attacks killed one woman and injured two others in 
Kyiv, according to city administration head Tymur Tkachenko.

   Ukraine's State Emergency Service said the Russian attack on Kyiv damaged 
several administrative buildings and warehouses, as well as a garage complex 
and several city trams.

   In Zaporizhzhia, Russian guided bomb injured elderly man and a woman last 
night, regional head Ivan Fedorov said.