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Russia kills 18 in third massive Kyiv attack in three weeks as front stalls

Illustration accompanying article: Russia kills 18 in third massive Kyiv attack in three weeks as front stalls
  • Russia launched its third large-scale aerial attack on Kyiv in less than three weeks, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 100 across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian authorities.
  • Ukraine's air force reported intercepting 40 of 73 Russian missiles and 602 of 656 drones, but shot down only a third of ballistic missiles and none of the hypersonic Zircon missiles launched.
  • In Kyiv, the attack killed six people and wounded 64; in Dnipro, 12 people were killed including two children, with rescuers still searching for six missing residents.
  • President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the United States to supply more Patriot system missiles and urged Europe to develop its own antiballistic defense, citing dwindling global interceptor supplies due to the war in Iran.
  • Russia's ground advance in eastern and southern Ukraine has stalled in recent months, even as the Kremlin has expended huge sums and many lives in pursuit of its war aims.
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Chemical tank rupture kills 11 at Washington paper mill

Illustration accompanying article: Chemical tank rupture kills 11 at Washington paper mill
  • A chemical tank at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview, Washington, ruptured during a shift change Tuesday, releasing more than 500,000 gallons of caustic white liquor and killing at least 11 people.
  • Nine workers remain missing and are presumed dead; Cowlitz County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said there is no hope of finding survivors, and the search resumed Wednesday after crews determined the tank was stable enough.
  • The spill reached a drainage ditch and entered the Columbia River; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported no observed effects on the river but advised residents to avoid ditches and dikes.
  • Eight people were injured, including a firefighter who was treated and released; the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board opened an investigation to determine the cause.
  • The death toll, if confirmed, would make this one of the deadliest U.S. industrial accidents in recent decades, comparable to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and the 2013 West Fertilizer plant blast.
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Illustration accompanying article: Southern Calif. officials lift final evacuation orders near damaged chemical tank