At least 15 killed and at least 95 injured in latest Russian strikes on Ukraine

ITV News

17-06-2025

A Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Tuesday night killed at least 14 people and wounded at least 95 others in one of the deadliest attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent months, local officials said.
The attack hollowed out a nine story residential building and destroyed dozens of apartments, with emergency workers on the scene attempting to rescue survivors from the rubble.
Writing on X, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy called the attack "one of the most horrific attacks," Kyiv has faced and said more than 440 drones and 32 missiles were used in the assault.
"Such attacks are pure terrorism. And the whole world, the United States, and Europe must finally respond as a civilized society responds to terrorists," Zelenskyy wrote.
Separate strikes in the city of Odessa killed at least one and wounded more than 15 according to Oleh Kiper, the regional governor.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko told reporters: "We have 27 locations that were attacked by the enemy. We currently have over 2,000 people working there, rescuers, police, municipal services and doctors."
He added that one US citizen had been killed in the attack after suffering wounds from shrapnel.
Olena Lapyshniak, 49, was shaken from the attack that nearly leveled her apartment building. She heard a whistling sound and then two explosions that blew out her windows and doors.
"It's horrible, it's scary, in one moment there is no life," she said.
"There's no military infrastructure here, nothing here, nothing. It's horrible when people just die at night."
The attack lasted nearly nine hours and is the latest in a spate of mass drone and missile attacks on Kyiv. It occurred as world leaders convened at the Group of Seven meeting in Canada, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to attend.
Canada, which assumed the presidency of the G7 this year, invited Zelenskyy to the summit, where he is expected to hold one-on-one meetings with world leaders.
Zelenskyy was set to meet with US President Donald Trump in Canada on Tuesday, though the White House announced that Trump would return unexpectedly to Washington on Monday night due to tensions in the Middle East.