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Four hospitalized as Russia launches 111 drones at Kyiv overnight

Four hospitalized as Russia launches 111 drones at Kyiv overnight

Russia launched 111 drones and two missiles at Kyiv overnight, injuring ten people and hospitalizing four, according to Le Monde.

Four people woke up in a hospital this morning because of last night's attack on Kyiv. Ten were injured in total as Russia launched 111 drones and two missiles at the Ukrainian capital, according to live coverage by Le Monde. The city's mayor confirmed the hospitalizations. The head of the local military administration called on residents to find safe locations as the strikes unfolded through the night. 🔹 What happened: Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 111 drones and 2 missiles launched by Russia overnight. Ten people were reported injured across the capital, with four cases serious enough to require hospital care, per the mayor's confirmation. Residents were instructed by military officials to seek shelter during the attack. No Russian statement was available at the time of reporting. 🔹 Why it matters: The people hospitalized tonight are not statistics — they are residents of a city that has been under sustained aerial assault. For families with elderly members, young children, or people with limited mobility, the nightly instruction to find a safe location is not a minor inconvenience; it is a recurring crisis. The scale of the attack, 111 drones in a single night, means that even a high interception rate leaves room for harm. Tonight, that room was filled by ten injured civilians. 📌 EPM Take: EPM has followed the human cost of this war across borders — from European renters absorbing distorted energy prices to Russian workers facing fuel shortages at home. Tonight's toll in Kyiv adds to that pattern: ordinary people paying for decisions made in the Kremlin. What gets too little attention in coverage of successful interceptions is what happens to the four people who end up in a hospital bed after a night that was, by the military's own account, largely a defensive success. If 111 drones intercepted still produces ten casualties, the question civilians in Kyiv are living with every night is one no military briefing fully answers.
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