Ukraine says at least 14 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv
At least 14 people were killed and 44 injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv overnight, Ukraine's interior minister has said.
The attack damaged residential buildings, educational institutions and critical infrastructure facilities, minister Ihor Klymenko said via the Telegram messaging app.
Witnesses reported drones swarming over the capital and heard what appeared to be missiles overhead.
Other parts of the country also came under attack, including areas outside the capital and the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, where the regional governor reported at least four strikes.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that most of the casualties were in Solomianskyi district, near the city centre.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, noted 12 strikes in five districts. Among the targets was a kindergarten in the city's eastern edge.
Both Ukraine and Russia have launched mass drone attacks in recent weeks as the two sides have held two sessions of direct talks on ending the more than three-year-old war. The talks have produced agreements on freeing prisoners of war and returning the bodies of fallen soldiers, but little more.
"More strikes by Russian drones on residential buildings in Kyiv," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, wrote on Telegram. "Russia is continuing its war on civilians."
In Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian air defence units had repelled an attack on the city by two Ukrainian drones. The city's airports were briefly closed.
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