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Millions trek to shelters nightly or take their chances at home as unceasing missile and drone attacks drag on. Some Ukrainians are looking — with hope or sarcasm — to Trump for respite.
Nov. 8, 2024, 10:53 a.m. ET
Russia’s latest overnight missile and drone attacks across Ukraine killed 11 people, including a 1-year-old boy, and wounded dozens of others, while triggering the longest aerial attack alert so far in the war in Kyiv, the capital.
The warning siren lasted for nearly 10 hours in Kyiv, where four people were wounded and numerous buildings were ignited by debris from exploding drones that were shot down.
In recent weeks, sirens have rung out almost every night in the capital and across the country as Russia has launched repeated attacks. Millions of civilians have lost sleep as they dragged themselves from bed to seek shelter in a subway, basement or apartment corridor. Others stay put and hope for the best.
In the attacks from Thursday night into Friday, 10 people were killed in Zaporizhzhia, including the toddler, local officials reported. The attacks wounded another 41 people, four of them children. According to Ivan Fedorov, regional governor of Zaporizhzhia, more than 130 houses and a hospital were damaged in five strikes.
In another southern city, Odesa, one person was killed and nine wounded. Among the buildings damaged was a 19th-century school that had just been renovated before the war began in 2022. In the northeastern city of Kharkiv, 25 people were wounded by a missile that landed near a university campus, damaging a fountain and nearby buildings.
Ukraine’s air force said that Russia launched one ballistic missile, four cruise missiles and 92 exploding drones at Ukraine overnight.
