air raid
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A January 1945 air raid, she wrote, destroyed her home along with her “beloved notebooks + books + letters + pictures” and a red pearl necklace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
At a time when air raid sirens sound constantly in Kyiv and explosions can be heard almost every day, the peace and quiet of the village is what Olena says she needs most.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
In a sign of the near-constant threat the city now faces, an air raid alert rang out as Klitschko was speaking to AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
During our visit to Iron Command, another air raid siren sounded in Kyiv.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
It wasn’t anything to do with the captured Heinkel bomber; it was just an ordinary air raid, the Luftwaffe doing their worst to try to destroy British defenses.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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