A large-scale Russian attack using drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles struck Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 48, with numbers expected to rise. The assault included a rare strike in the city center and impacted at least 20 locations across seven districts, damaging nearly 100 buildings and shattering thousands of windows, including a shopping mall. Rescue teams searched rubble and pulled bodies and trapped people from collapsed structures. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Russia's choice of ballistics over negotiations and called for a response from global leaders. Firefighters contained blazes as residents cleared debris.
including a rare strike in the center of the city, early Thursday killed at least 10 people and wounded 48, local authorities said. It was the first major Russian combined attack on Kyiv in weeks as U.S.-led peace efforts to end the three-year war struggled to gain traction. Among the dead were two children, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said, citing preliminary information. The numbers are expected to rise. Rescue teams were on site to pull people trapped underneath the rubble.
Russia launched decoy drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, said Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv's city administration. At least 20 locations across seven districts of Kyiv had impacts. Nearly 100 buildings were damaged, including a shopping mall in the city center, and thousands of windows were shattered, he said. Russian strikes hit the central part of Kyiv, one of the few times Russian attacks have reached the heart of the Ukrainian capital since the start of the full-scale invasion.
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