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Russian missiles hit multiple Ukrainian cities, including the capital Kyiv

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The attacks came days after an explosion partially² damaged a bridge strategic to Moscow that connects Russian-occupied Crimea to mainland Russia. Russian President Putin called it an act of terrorism.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Russian missiles hit multiple Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, today. Ukraine's State Emergency Service says at least 11 people were killed and more than 60 wounded. This comes after multiple Russian setbacks, including an explosion on a symbolically³ important bridge. People woke Saturday to images of the partial destruction of that bridge from Russia to Crimea. President Vladimir Putin personally opened the bridge after Russia illegally seized Crimea back in 2014. These days, it's used to supply Russian forces that are retreating in Ukraine. So what is the Russian response? NPR's Jason Beaubien is in Kyiv. Hey there, Jason.

JASON BEAUBIEN, BYLINE⁴: Hey. Good morning, Steve.

INSKEEP: What are you witnessing as you move around the city?

BEAUBIEN: So right now, I'm over at the train station. There was one of the missiles struck very close to the train station, hit an office building, which actually housed - it's the home of one of the largest energy companies here in Ukraine. One interesting thing is that throughout most of the city, it's really quiet. There's not many people out on the streets. But here at the train station, it's very busy. It seems like there's a lot of people trying to get out of town, to get out of the way.

INSKEEP: Oh. Do you mean that people are now fleeing, seeing that Kyiv is under assault again?

BEAUBIEN: Yeah, absolutely. And you saw that when the initial attack happened in February. People just flooded out of here, trying to look for safer places. Things have been quite calm in Kyiv in recent months. This is the first attack since June to actually strike the capital proper. So people have been getting quite used to things being - yeah - somewhat normal, normal life coming back. But now some people are definitely trying to get out of town.

INSKEEP: Jason, I'm trying to draw a distinction in my mind, anyway, between a military and a civilian⁵ target. If you're talking about a railway station, it's used by civilians⁶. I guess you could argue that's a military target, conceivably. And energy headquarters - again, used by civilians but conceivably, at least, a military target. But what about other things that have been struck that you've seen as you move around the city?

BEAUBIEN: Yeah. This morning, I was over at Shevchenko Park. And it's just a park. There was a kids' playground was struck. There was an intersection⁷ on the other side of the park that was just completely blown apart. And there was all these people who clearly were on their way to work. There's probably more than a dozen cars that were blown up in that intersection. And we were watching the people from the morgue load bodies into a white van in body bags there. So President Putin has called these precision strikes on military infrastructure⁸. But we're clearly seeing civilians are getting killed around us here in Kyiv.

INSKEEP: And then, how different is the mood in the city as a result of that?

BEAUBIEN: You know, it's actually really interesting, Steve. Often, when you're talking to Ukrainians, there's a kind of fascinating thing that I've noticed. People often get very emotional. And you can - people start to tear up. This morning, people aren't. People are - they seem sort of hardened to it. And people say that they're coming to accept this. And there seems to be more anger this morning than sort of that deep sorrow that you're often seeing. I think this is sort of - this attack back against Ukraine may end up hardening people more than the Russians probably hoped for.

INSKEEP: Jason, you're reminding me of studies from World War II in which a lot of cities were bombed from the air and utterly⁹ destroyed. And, of course, it did cause a lot of deaths but does not seem to have been the thing that tipped the war. It did not turn people against the war, to have their cities bombed.

BEAUBIEN: No, no. You know, and President Zelenskyy this morning basically said that Putin is trying to cause panic and chaos¹⁰ here. Zelenskyy said that that's not going to work. He called Russia a terrorist nation. But he did say that it's been a very difficult morning here.

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PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: (Non-English language spoken).

BEAUBIEN: And Zelenskyy is saying that there were dozens of missiles and drones that hit across the country. He said that they were targeting, it seemed like, energy infrastructure. But he also said that it's very clear that they also were targeting people. And he called on people to stay in shelters, get out of the way as much as possible. But again, he said this is a very difficult morning here in Ukraine.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

3 symbolically   

ad.象征地，象征性地

参考例句：

• By wearing the ring on the third finger of the left hand, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other. 将婚戒戴在左手的第三只手指上，意味着夫妻双方象征性地宣告他们的爱情天长地久，他们定能白头偕老。
• Symbolically, he coughed to clear his throat. 周经理象征地咳一声无谓的嗽，清清嗓子。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

6 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

7 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

8 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

9 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

10 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。