Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday condemned a « vile » Russian airstrike that lasted more than 12 hours overnight Saturday, killing at least four people in Kyiv.
Sept. 28 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday condemned a « vile » Russian airstrike that lasted more than 12 hours overnight Saturday, killing at least four people in Kyiv.
Zelensky, in a post to social media, said Russia used nearly 500 attack drones and more than 40 missiles, including air Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, for « targeted terror » against Ukrainian cities in the Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa regions. Kyiv was said to be the main target of the attack.
The fatalities included a 12-year-old girl who was « crushed by a concrete slab », Ukrainian authorities said, and more than 70 other people, including children, are reported to have been injured.
The airstrike damaged a building of the Cardiology Institute, as well as a bread-production facility, a tire manufacturing plant, private homes and apartment buildings, and other civilian infrastructure, Zelensky said.
