Headline Roundup • October 17th, 2022
Kamikaze Drones Strike Kyiv
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Monday morning, Russia launched four "kamikaze drones" into Kyiv, cutting off electricity in hundreds of villages across Ukraine. At least eight people in Kyiv and Sumy were killed after energy-generating facilities were hit according to Ukrainian officials.
Key Quotes: "Russia is hunting for all energy-related facilities," Ukraine's Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin warned. "They want to cause chaos in the energy industry."
For Context: The attack comes a week after Kyiv was hit by Russian missiles at rush hour, part of nationwide attacks that left 19 dead. One of the drones reportedly bore the words "For Belgorod" in reference to the Russian border city that has been bombed several times since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia blames Kyiv for the attacks on Belgorod. The drones are reportedly Iranian-made.
How The Media Covered It: Sources across the political spectrum noted that the attacks occurred days after the Russian missile strikes on civilian areas across Ukraine in response to an attack on a key Kremlin-built bridge in Crimea.
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Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters
Early Monday morning, residents of Kyiv described the inescapable, dystopian buzz of Iranian-made Shahed-136s attack drones—which fly low into the city, weaving around buildings and carrying precision missiles that prove impossible to stop.
The so-called kamikaze drones are a precise weapon shot from flatbed trucks—which leaves them vulnerable to anti-aircraft missiles as they are deployed, but they are stealthy enough to cause major damage once inside city limits. The horrifying buzzing is almost always followed by the sort of loud explosions that rocked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Monday morning, killing several,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Friday that he was not looking to "destroy" Ukraine and saw no need to deploy massive strikes there in the near future — only to launch four "kamikaze drones" into Kyiv Monday morning.
The Russian leader made the Friday comments at a rare press conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, after taking part in a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a regional intergovernmental organization made up of former Soviet nations. The summit and Putin's 30-minute briefing occurred days after Russia had unleashed a series of missile strikes on civilian areas of major...
BBC News
Russia has hit Ukraine with a wave of attacks, dive-bombing the capital, Kyiv, with what appear to be Iranian-made "kamikaze" drones.
Air strikes hit critical infrastructure in three regions, cutting off electricity in hundreds of villages across the country, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmygal.
At least eight people were killed, four in Sumy and four in Kyiv.
Calls have mounted for sanctions on Iran, which denies supplying drones.
A week ago, the Ukrainian capital was hit by Russian missiles at rush hour, part of nationwide attacks which left 19...
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