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Russian missile barrage devastates Ukraine's capital, killing at least 12 and wounding 33

Russian missile barrage devastates Ukraine's capital, killing at least 12 and wounding 33

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August 20th, 2026

Russian missile barrage devastates Ukraine's capital, killing at least 12 and wounding 33

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A Russian missile barrage overnight Thursday claimed at least 12 lives in Kyiv, with local authorities reporting that explosions reverberated across the Ukrainian capital throughout the night.

木曜夜から金曜未明にかけてロシアによるミサイル集中攻撃によりキーウで少なくとも12人の命が奪われ、現地当局は爆発音が一晩中ウクライナの首都全域に響き渡ったと報告している。

According to the Ukrainian Emergency Service, no fewer than 33 individuals sustained injuries.

ウクライナ緊急事態庁の発表によれば負傷者少なくとも33名に上った。

The air-raid warning persisted well into the early hours of Thursday morning.

空襲警報木曜未明まで長く鳴り響き続けた

The strikes impacted a dozen sites across Kyiv's Darnytskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts, inflicting damage upon residential edifices, a medical facility, and an educational institution.

攻撃はキーウのダルヌィツキー、スヴャトシンスキー、ソロミャンスキーの各地区にわたる十数箇所に影響を及ぼし住宅建築物医療施設および教育機関に損害を与えた

Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene and extricated individuals from beneath the debris.

緊急対応要員が現場に派遣され瓦礫の下から人々を救出した

In the Solomianskyi district, the uppermost two storeys of a nine-storey residential edifice were utterly annihilated, with conflagrations erupting across the remaining floors.

ソロミャンスキー地区において九階建ての住居用建造物の最上二層完全に破壊され残る各階には猛火が燃え広がった

Moreover, occupants found themselves entrapped within two additional residential structures and a school shelter.

さらに居住者たちは他の二棟の住居用建造物と学校の避難所内に閉じ込められる事態に陥った

Seated upon the ground, the sexagenarian Larysa Bondaruk tenderly cradled her feline companion, Chanel, who had been extricated from the jaws of peril by the valiant efforts of the firefighters.

地面に腰を下ろした六十代のラリサ・ボンダルクは消防士たちの勇敢な尽力によって危難の牙から救出された愛猫のシャネルを慈しむように抱きしめていた

With tears brimming in her eyes, she recounted how her neighbor's grandson had been entombed beneath the debris and had met his demise, while her own residence had suffered extensive structural devastation.

目に涙を湛えながら、彼女は隣人の孫が瓦礫の下に埋没しその命を落とした経緯を物語り、一方で自身の住居は甚大な構造的損壊を被ったことを述べた。

"A rocket struck the rooftop, unleashing an instantaneous, deafening detonation that blew out doors and sent debris cascading in every direction," she recounted.

ロケット弾が屋上を直撃し瞬時にして耳をつんざく爆発が起こり扉が吹き飛び、瓦礫が四方八方に飛散した」と彼女は述懐した

"Plumes of smoke and tongues of flame rose amid screams, weeping, and utter despair.

悲鳴、慟哭、そして絶望の只中で煙の柱と炎の舌が立ち昇った

Two lives were lost within our building, yet the rescue teams responded with swift, exemplary professionalismfor which I remain profoundly grateful."

我々の建物内で二人の命が失われたが、救助隊は迅速かつ模範的なプロフェッショナリズムをもって対応してくれた——そのことに私は深甚なる感謝の念を抱き続けている。」

Russia has intensified its ballistic missile bombardment of the capital in a concerted effort to deplete Kyivs air defense reserves.

ロシアはキーウの防空予備を枯渇させるための組織的な取り組みとして首都への弾道ミサイル砲撃を激化させている

Kyiv possesses only a paucity of systems capable of intercepting ballistic threats, while the supply of interceptor missiles for its American-made Patriot air defense batteries remains chronically constrained.

キーウは弾道脅威を迎撃できるシステムを極めて僅少しか保有しておらずその一方でアメリカ製パトリオット防空部隊向けの迎撃ミサイルの供給は慢性的に逼迫した状態が続いている

President Donald Trump had initially conferred upon Ukraine the authorization to procure licenses for the production of Patriot air-defense systems, yet subsequently rescinded that decision.

ドナルド・トランプ大統領当初ウクライナに対しパトリオット防空システムの生産ライセンスを取得する権限を付与していたが、その後その決定を撤回した

Ukraine, meanwhile, has escalated its own campaign of long-range strikes targeting munitions depots, military installations, and other strategic assets deep within Russian territory, endeavoring to erode Moscow's capacity to sustain its assaults on Ukrainian urban centers.

一方ウクライナはロシア領土の奥深くにある弾薬庫軍事施設その他の戦略的資産標的とした長距離攻撃の作戦を激化させ、モスクワがウクライナの都市中心部への攻撃を継続する能力を削ぐべく努めている

August 20th, 2026

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