Russia bombards Kyiv with deadliest strike in months with 14 killed as NATO warplanes scrambled on the border
AT least 14 people have been killed in one of the deadliest attacks on the Ukrainian capital in months.
Waves of Russian drones and missiles blitzed Kyiv in a nine hour long attack - with dozens injured.
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A rescue worker looks for survivors in the rubble of a multi-storey residential house destroyed by a Russian strike in Kyiv
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An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike
Vladimir Putin's assault blasted 27 locations around the capital, damaging scores of buildings and critical infrastructure facilities, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
Branding it one of the largest attacks on the city since Russia invaded in February 2022, he said: "Today, the enemy spared neither drones nor missiles."
A total of 14 people have been confirmed dead so far, among them a 62-year-old American citizen.
Authorities say at least 44 others have been wounded in strikes on the capital that lasted almost nine hours.
Rescuers are continuing to sift through the rubble of residential apartment blocks hit by 175 drones, over 14 cruise missiles and at least two ballistic missiles by Putin's forces.
Cruel Vlad's attack lasted nearly nine hours and is the latest in a spate of mass drone and missile attacks on Kyiv.
Further blasts in the southern port city of Odesa also injured 13 people, including one child, according to regional governor Oleh Kiper.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said: 'In Kyiv, people are currently trying to get out of the rubble of an ordinary residential building. It is not clear how many there are.
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"The Russians destroyed an entire entrance.'
Poland's military operational commander announced that Nato aircraft had been scrambled amid intense Russian strikes on neighbouring Ukraine.
It comes as world leaders met at the Group of Seven meeting in Canada - which Zelensky is expected to attend.
The war leader called on Western allies to "finally react the way a civilised society reacts to terrorists".
He added: "Putin is doing this solely because he can afford to continue the war.
"He wants the war to continue.
"It is bad when the powerful of this world turn a blind eye to this.
"We are contacting all partners at all possible levels so that there is an appropriate response.
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"It is the terrorists who should feel the pain, not normal, peaceful people.'
Zelensky was set to meet Donald Trump in Canada on Tuesday, but the US leader unexpectedly returned to Washington on Monday night instead of Tuesday because of tensions in the Middle East.
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