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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Russia fired hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine\u2019s biggest cities in a nighttime bombardment that killed at least 11 people and set fire to a renowned religious site, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials said Monday.<\/p>\n

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The attacks on the capital, Kyiv, and the second-largest city, Kharkiv, came after Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke separately by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday. The exchange suggests Washington hasn\u2019t given up on its diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting that followed Moscow\u2019s all-out invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.<\/p>\n

The war in Ukraine is also set to feature in talks on Tuesday between G7 leaders at a summit in France. Zelenskyy and Trump are due to attend the gathering, as the Ukrainian leader pushes to keep the war on leaders\u2019 minds while the Iran war diverts international attention from Ukraine\u2019s plight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is how Russia shows the world its intention to continue the war,\u201d Zelenskyy said in a post on X, referring to the overnight attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very important that there be a response from the G7 countries \u2026 and that this response be decisive and substantive; more pressure on the aggressor and more support for Ukraine\u2019s air defense, especially anti-ballistic capabilities,\u201d the Ukrainian leader said.<\/p>\n

Children are among the wounded in Kyiv<\/h3>\n

Zelenskyy said that the Russian strikes killed 11 civilians and emergency workers and wounded 53 across Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Five were killed in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, where at least 30 others were also wounded, including two children aged 5 and 6, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city\u2019s Military Administration.<\/p>\n

A series of powerful explosions were heard across Kyiv, with a wave of ballistic missiles followed by Shahed drones as many people sought shelter underground. Clouds of black smoke drifted over the city. <\/p>\n

Five strikes hit civilian sites in the city\u2019s Shevchenkivskyi district in less than 30 minutes, Tkachenko said, including a 25-story apartment building, while a market and a grocery store caught fire. In the Obolonskyi district, a nine-story residential building took a direct hit.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry said the strikes targeted defense and industrial facilities in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro, including enterprises and workshops producing components for long-range drones and cruise missiles. It said that a workshop producing medium- and long-range drones located on the premises of the Dovzhenko film studios in Kyiv was among the targets hit.<\/p>\n

Russia also claimed to have hit Kyiv\u2019s Radar plant, which it said makes drone components, and the Mayak plant that it said makes Ukraine\u2019s Flamingo long-range cruise missiles. Military conscription offices in Kyiv were also struck, it said.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate information about the 11th person killed in the attacks. <\/p>\n

Religious site damaged in attack<\/h3>\n

In Kyiv, the bombardment damaged the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, an 11th-century monastic complex and a religious landmark.<\/p>\n

The roof of the complex\u2019s Dormition Cathedral caught fire during the attack, said Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. He condemned the strike as another Russian crime \u201cagainst humanity, against history, against Christianity\u201d and appealed for prayers to save the site.<\/p>\n

The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, is a sprawling complex of monasteries and churches, including some underground, built between the 11th and 19th centuries. Some of the churches at the UNESCO-listed World Heritage site are connected by a labyrinthine complex of caves spanning more than 600 meters (2,000 feet).<\/p>\n

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Zelenskyy said the damage was caused by two Russian drones and called the attack Russia\u2019s \u201cbiggest crime yet against Christian culture.\u201d He visited the scene on Monday morning together with Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and other members of his government.<\/p>\n

The cathedral, churches and other buildings overlook the right bank of the Dnieper River and have been a pilgrimage site for centuries.<\/p>\n

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the attack was the \u201cequivalent, for us French, of a bombing of Notre Dame,\u201d referring to the Paris cathedral. <\/p>\n

French President Emmanuel Macron said the attack only strengthened the determination of Ukraine\u2019s allies to pursue a ceasefire and work toward peace.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as nothing can justify the war of aggression that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than four years, nothing can justify this attack on our shared universal heritage,\u201d Macron wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry claimed, without offering evidence, that the complex was hit by one of Ukraine\u2019s U.S.-made Patriot air defense missiles, saying that it might have veered off course because its shelf life had expired.<\/p>\n

Russia fires more than 600 drones at Ukraine<\/h3>\n

Ukraine\u2019s air force said Russia launched 70 missiles and 611 drones overnight, primarily targeting Kyiv, while also striking the cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv. <\/p>\n

The military said air defenses intercepted or electronically suppressed 632 aerial targets, including 50 missiles and 582 drones. <\/p>\n

Preliminary data showed 20 ballistic missiles and 27 attack drones hit 42 locations across the country, while debris from intercepted drones fell at 12 sites.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 123 Ukrainian drones overnight.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Associated Press writers Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine, Samuel Petrequin in London, and Barry Hatton in Lisbon, Portugal contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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Follow the AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/p>\n

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