Russia launched a massive strike of missiles and drones on Kyiv early Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding more than 20. The attack was described as a mass ballistic missile attack affecting multiple districts, with preliminary reports of fires and damage to residential buildings. Debris was reported burning at a school in the city center. The strike followed Russian threats of retaliation after Ukraine launched a drone barrage in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine. Russia said the drone attack hit a college dormitory and killed at least 18 people, while Ukraine denied targeting civilians and said it struck a Russian drone unit in Luhansk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a combined strike involving various weaponry, including the Oreshnik missile.
"“The capital has come under a mass ballistic missile attack,” Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on Telegram. “There are currently reports of at least 4 locations affected by the attack: Shevchenkivsky, Dniprovsky and Podilsky districts. Fires and damage to residential buildings are preliminarily reported,” Tkachenko said."
"“Debris was on fire on the premises of a school in the city centre,” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. The Russian strikes left several residential buildings damaged across Kyiv, with preliminary reports indicating fires and structural damage in multiple districts."
"“We are seeing signs of preparation for a combined strike on Ukrainian territory, including Kyiv, involving various types of weaponry,” including the Oreshnik, a Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic missile, Zelenskyy said in a post on social media. The warning came after Ukraine had launched a drone barrage in the Russian-occupied east."
"Moscow said the drone barrage hit a college dormitory and killed at least 18 people. Ukraine denied targeting civilians, saying it had hit a Russian drone unit stationed in the Starobilsk area of the Luhansk region, while the Russian side framed the attack as retaliation."
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