At least four people have been killed in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the interior minister says. In a post on social media, Ihor Klymenko says residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure were hit. “An entire section of a residential high-rise building was destroyed” in the worst-hit Shevchenkivskyi district, … Read more
Joel Gunter Reporting from Kyiv BBC Oleksandr Bondarchuk was unable to make it to a shelter when the strikes hit Kyiv. “It was terrible,” he said. “Everything was destroyed.” Evhen Povarenkov was standing at a line of police tape that separated the public from the intensive search and rescue operation around his building. He stared … Read more
Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine on Tuesday, hitting dozens of civilian targets in Kyiv, including a large apartment block, killing at least 15 people and wounding scores, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian forces sent more than 440 drones and 32 missiles at Ukraine. He described the … Read more
Reuters It is one of the largest bombardments of the capital since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion At least 14 people have been killed overnight and dozens more wounded in Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, officials say. It was one of the largest bombardments of the capital since the beginning of the … Read more
Large-scale Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian cities are on the rise. Monday night’s bombardment, while not record breaking, was typical of the new norm. For several hours after midnight, drones buzzed incessantly over Kyiv. It seemed they were coming from almost every direction, as searchlights raked the sky and skeins of orange tracer fire rose … Read more