Kyiv hit by deadly Russian missile and drone attack

Kyiv hit by deadly Russian missile and drone attack
Kyiv hit by deadly Russian missile and drone attack

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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - LONDON — At least nine people have been killed and 60 injured, including children, in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv, local officials say.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says falling drone wreckage triggered a number of fires, and there are fears that a number of people may be trapped under the rubble of a destroyed residential building.

Blasts were also reported in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, which also came under attack. At least two people were injured, the mayor said.

This comes just hours after US President Donald accused Volodymyr Zelensky of harming peace negotiations, after the Ukrainian president ruled out recognizing Russian control of Crimea.

Ukraine has repeatedly stated that it will not give up Crimea, a southern peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and Moscow currently control about 20% of Ukrainian territory.

Ukraine's state emergencies ministry DSNS and the interior ministry said that nine people were killed in Kyiv in the overnight Russian attack.

In a post on social media, Mayor Klitschko wrote that six children and a pregnant woman were among those injured.

"Fires broke out in six locations," he said, adding that there "people are under the rubble" of a destroyed residential building.

Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that "phone calls can be heard from the wreckage".

He also said that two children were reported missing.

Rescuer teams with sniffer dogs were seen combing through the wreckage as they searched for survivors.

The worst-hit was the western Svyatoshynskyi district of the capital, Klitschko said.

Footage has emerged on social media purportedly showing missiles hitting Kyiv, triggering huge blazes.

In Kharkiv, about 40km (25 miles) from the Russian border, two people were injured, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.

He said "private houses" were damaged in the overnight Russian missile and drone attack.

Ukraine's air force warned that virtually all the country's regions were under the threat of air strikes.

The Russian military has not commented on the reported attacks.

In a post on social media, the Russian defense ministry said that 87 Ukrainian drones had been either destroyed or intercepted overnight over several Russian regions. — BBC


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