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By Dan Peleschuk and Anna Pruchnicka KYIV, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Russian drones tore into central Kyiv on Wednesday morning, wounding 11 people and damaging residential and university buildings on the seventh day of nearly round-the-clock attacks that have upended daily life in the city.
"Ramping up production, even if you have a license, is something that takes multiple years," Rubio cautioned, saying a Patriot license "won't solve the short-term challenge" for Ukraine.
Ukrainian schools are adapting to wartime conditions as the conflict with Russia continues. On Tuesday, Kyiv's Obolon district marked the start of the school year amid air raid alerts and distant explosions.
Life has changed recently in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Residents there had gotten used to periodic Russian airstrikes happening maybe once or twice a week. But now the attacks are more constant using drones,
A 14-year-old girl is among the dead after an attack near the capital overnight, the region's governor said.
An original version of the 28-point peace plan, brokered by U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev and first published last November, imposed punishing demands on Ukraine and was widely seen as a demand for Kyiv to surrender.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian airspace will be "effectively closing" amid escalating drone strikes.