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At least 16 people have been killed, including two children, in Kyiv after Russia launched a massive overnight drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital and other regions, officials have said. The strikes also damaged other residential buildings, a school, a veterinary clinic and other infrastructure in Kyiv, according to Zelensky, while the mayor said the city's water supply had been disrupted.
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Thursday unleashed a third straight day of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, demolishing an apartment building in Kyiv where nine people were killed and dozens injured, authorities said.
Air defenses shot down or jammed 693 Russian targets overnight, including 41 missiles and 652 drones of various types nationwide, the air force said. Strikes on energy infrastructure left customers in Kyiv and 11 other regions temporarily without power, national grid operator Ukrenergo said.
The victims' bodies were pulled from the rubble of a partially destroyed apartment building in Kyiv, where rescuers are still searching for at least 20 people feared missing, Ukraine's emergencies service DSNS said. The Kyiv office of defense contractor Skyeton, specializing in reconnaissance drones, was destroyed in the overnight attack, although the company said it had anticipated such a development and had relocated its production.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have sufficient leverage to compel Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine. More than 1,500 rescuers and police officers are working in the aftermath of Russia's overnight attacks, almost 600 of them in Kyiv, said Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
Ukraine has repeatedly said it has a massive shortage of US-made Patriot missile systems which can effectively intercept Russian ballistics. Russian drones also struck a vehicle carrying U.N. staff who were delivering aid to residents of Kherson in southern Ukraine, Sybiha said.
The overnight barrage saw more than 670 drones and 56 missiles targeting the country, President Volodomyr Zelensky said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the body of a 12-year-old girl had been recovered from the rubble of a house nearby.
On Wednesday, a rare daytime attack on Kyiv killed at least six people, Zelenskyy said. He said a total of more than 1,560 Russian drones had targeted Ukrainian cities since Tuesday night, describing Moscow's assault as "definitely not the actions of those who believe the war is coming to an end" and urging allies to hold Moscow accountable.
What's confirmed
- At least 16 people have been killed, including two children, in Kyiv after Russia launched a massive overnight drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital and other regions, officials have said.
- The victims' bodies were pulled from the rubble of a partially destroyed apartment building in Kyiv, where rescuers are still searching for at least 20 people feared missing, Ukraine's emergencies service DSNS said.
- The overnight barrage saw more than 670 drones and 56 missiles targeting the country, President Volodomyr Zelensky said.
- After an urgent meeting with Ukraine's top military and security officials, Zelensky said a "significant number" of drones were shot down, with an "overall interception rate" of 93%.
- Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the body of a 12-year-old girl had been recovered from the rubble of a house nearby.
- Even so, the interception rate of drones and missiles was over 93%, Zelenskyy said.
- On Wednesday, a rare daytime attack on Kyiv killed at least six people, Zelenskyy said.
What's still developing
- It is the third day in a row Ukraine has reported deaths, as Moscow ramps up its assault after a three-day ceasefire expired on Monday.
- He said a total of more than 1,560 Russian drones had targeted Ukrainian cities since Tuesday night, describing Moscow's assault as "definitely not the actions of those who believe the war is coming to an end" and…
- But the same figures for missiles stood at 73%, the Ukrainian leader said, admitting that the "key challenge" remained in how to defend against Russian ballistic missiles.
- He said the "priority number one" was to secure more deliveries of "anti-ballistic systems and missiles for them".
- Ukraine has repeatedly said it has a massive shortage of US-made Patriot missile systems which can effectively intercept Russian ballistics.
- Police said two men, aged 21 and 30, and a woman, who has not yet been identified, were found dead in the wreckage of the building's destroyed entrance.
- The DSNS later said another child was killed.
- In his late evening video address, Zelensky said the apartment block was hit by a Kh-101 cruise missile.