At least 12 dead, including three children after massive Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight

Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight drone and missile assault on Kyiv, striking from multiple directions and deploying both drones and missiles. The strikes killed 10 people, including two children, and injured around 38 people with reports of more than 30 wounded in initial counts. Residential high-rise apartment blocks and other buildings across several districts were damaged, fires broke out, and rescue teams searched rubble for trapped residents. The EU Delegation in Kyiv sustained damage, prompting condemnation and assurances of solidarity for staff and affected families. Emergency crews responded at more than 20 sites across the capital.

Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing 10, injuring more than 30 and damaging residential and other buildings across several districts in the city, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram that the dead included two children, with 38 injured. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that the wounded included at least three children.

The attack also damaged the EU delegation's building in the city, EU Commissioner Marta Kos said on Thursday. "The EU Delegation in Kyiv was damaged by today's Russian strikes on civilian areas," Kos said in a post on X. "I strongly condemn these brutal attacks, a clear sign that Russia rejects peace and chooses terror. Our full solidarity goes to EU staff, their families, and all Ukrainians enduring this aggression." "Combined strikes, from different directions. And systematic, targeting ordinary residential buildings."

Officials listed numerous buildings that had suffered damage, including several high-rise apartment blocks. Tkachenko said there had been heavy damage to two apartment buildings on opposite sides of the Dnipro River. In Darnytskyi district, an eastern suburb, a five-storey building had been partly destroyed, he said, and rescue teams were searching the rubble for trapped residents. Emergency crews are tackling the aftermath of the attacks at more than 20 sites in the capital, he added.

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