At least six people were killed overnight in Ukraine’s capital after a Russian air strike.
Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least six people including a 6-year-old boy and wounding 52 others, authorities said Thursday.
The casualties numbers were likely to rise, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said.
A large part of a nine-story residential building collapsed after it was struck, he said.
Rescue teams were at the scene searching for people trapped under the rubble.
Yana Zhabborova, 35, a resident of the damaged building, woke up to the sound of thundering explosions, which blew off the doors and windows of her home.
“It is just stress and shock that there is nothing left,” said Zhabborova, a mother of a 5-month-old infant and a 5-year-old child.
Russia fired 309 Shahed and decoy drones, and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian air force said.
Ukrainian air defenses intercepted and jammed 288 strike drones and three missiles.
Five missiles and 21 drones struck targets.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Thursday that it had shot down 32 Ukrainian drones overnight.
