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Mayor: Russia's drone attack on Kyiv kills 3, including pregnant woman

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The bodies of three civilians, including a woman who was 6 months pregnant, have been found under the rubbles of the residential building in central Kyiv hit by Russian forces with Iranian-made drones on Oct. 17, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.

According to Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko, four people have been wounded due to Russia's drone attack on the building, and 19 have been rescued. The rescue operation is ongoing.

On the morning of Oct. 17, Russia sent 28 Shahed-136 drones in the Kyiv direction; Ukraine's military downed most of them, said Klitschko.

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"Russian military personnel know exactly where their drones are headed and how long they can stay in the air," President Volodymyr Zelensky said, commenting on the attacks. "The routes are always calculated. This cannot be an accident, a mistake, or the initiative of some lower-level commanders."

It is the third time Russian forces have used pipelines as a tactic, which they first adopted during the Battle of Avdiivka. Back in March, around 100 troops passed through a gas pipeline to reach Ukrainian positions in Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

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