Russia has launched a major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that killed at least four people. A 12-year-old girl died in the attack.
Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 4 and wounds at least 10, as other regions hit too
Russia has launched a major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that killed at least four people.
Russia has launched a major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that killed at least four people.
Russia has launched a major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that killed at least four people.
Russia has launched a major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that killed at least four people.
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, with Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault.
This is the first major bombardment since an air attack on Ukraine’s capital left at least 21 people dead last month.
Kyiv bears the brunt of the attack
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Administration, confirmed Sunday’s casualties via Telegram and said that 10 others were wounded in the attack, which targeted civilian areas across the city. A 12-year-old girl was among the dead. Thick black smoke could be seen rising from a blast near the city center.
« The Russians have restarted the child death counter », Tkachenko wrote on Telegram.
Russia fired a total of 595 exploding drones and decoys and 48 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said Sunday. Of those, air defenses shot down or jammed 566 drones and 45 missiles.
Besides Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the bombardment targeted the regions of Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa. Zelenskyy wrote on X that at least 40 people were wounded across the country. Later, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry stated the number of the wounded rose to 70, with more than 100 civilian objects damaged.
