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Four Killed, Pregnant Woman Seriously Injured in Russian Drone Attack on Home, Officials Say
Russian forces launched 129 attack drones in a campaign targeting energy and transport, killing a father and three children and injuring their pregnant mother in Bohodukhiv.
On Wednesday, a Russian drone strike on a house in Bohodukhiv killed three toddlers and their father and seriously wounded their pregnant mother.
After a weeklong pause, Russian forces resumed attacks Monday, deploying 129 attack drones that struck Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Zaporizhzhia, officials said.
A strike also hit a medical vehicle carrying five healthcare professionals and civilians, killing one woman, while Ukrainian aerial defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles near Lviv.
Officials declared a state of emergency over damage to local energy sources, leaving tens of thousands of Ukrainians without power, heat and running water during frigid winter weather.
Zelensky said 'Each Russian strike undermines confidence in everything that is being done diplomatically to end this war' as Ukrainian and Russian officials consider talks in Washington, D.C., showing Russia has no intention of ending the war started on Feb. 24, 2022.
A Russian strike decimated a Ukrainian family, killing a father and his three children. The family spent their first night in their new home, after fleeing their previous home near the border.