Multiple blasts rock Ukrainian cities, Zelensky says Russia 'wants to wipe us from face of Earth'

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Russia wants to "wipe" Ukraine from the face of Earth after multiple missile attacks rocked Ukrainian cities, including multiple missile strikes on Kyiv, the first bombardment on the capital in months.

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Zelensky claimed that the Russian forces used Iranian drones in attacks and added that people had been killed and injured.

The Ukrainian president said, "Air raid sirens are not subsiding around Ukraine... Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded. Please do not leave the shelters." He accused Russia of wanting to "wipe us from the face of the Earth".

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Ukraine's national police service said that the Russian strikes killed at least five people and injured another dozen. In a statement on Facebook, the national police service said: "The enemy launched massive strikes on Kyiv. Most of the strikes hit the centre of the capital. At the moment, 12 people are reported injured. Five people died."

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Just minutes from my home. Just 20 minutes ago. What is #Russia trying to hit? The national university? The park? Or the playground? pic.twitter.com/311EHalGH6 — Lesia Vasylenko (@lesiavasylenko) October 10, 2022

Video from near the attack site in Kyiv pic.twitter.com/5s5gatuWPX — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 10, 2022

Multiple Russian missile strikes across Ukraine. Putin’s only tactic is terror on peaceful Ukrainian cities, but he will not break Ukraine down. This is also his response to all appeasers who want to talk with him about peace: Putin is a terrorist who talks with missiles. — Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) October 10, 2022

Russia is a terrorist state. And proud of it. pic.twitter.com/a3DWluKk40 — Andriy Yermak (@AndriyYermak) October 10, 2022

Responding to the reports of missile attacks, the head of the Ukrainian military said that the Russian forces launched at least 75 missiles.

General Valeriy Zaluzhny said on social media: "The terrorist country, Russia, has carried out massive missile and air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, also using attack drones. In the morning, the aggressor launched 75 missiles. 41 of them were shot down by our air defence."

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UK calls it 'unacceptable'

The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said that the strikes on the Ukrainian cities are "unacceptable". Cleverly tweeted: "This is a demonstration of weakness by (Vladimir) Putin, not strength." He further added that he had contacted his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.

On his official Twitter handle, Kuleba called the Russian president a 'terrorist'. He wrote: "Putin’s only tactic is terror on peaceful Ukrainian cities, but he will not break Ukraine down. This is also his response to all appeasers who want to talk with him about peace: Putin is a terrorist who talks with missiles."

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