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A wave of Russian missiles and drones hit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv overnight, killing at least eight people in an attack that was still underway early on Monday.
A residential building in the Podilskyi district partially collapsed, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s City Military Administration in a post on Telegram. In the Darnytsia district, several multistory buildings were damaged and people were believed to be trapped under the rubble.
“These are residential buildings. Places where people slept and lived their ordinary lives,” he said.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated that air defences were in operation and urged people to remain in shelters.
Seven people were killed in Kyiv, and one in Bucha district northwest of the capital, authorities said, while at least 34 were wounded in Kyiv and its surrounding areas.
“There are no words that can ease this pain,” Tkachenko said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned hours earlier of another large-scale Russian attack on the city.
The assault was the second on the capital and its surroundings in less than a week and came as both sides increased long-range attacks, underlining the growing reach of the war more than four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Ukraine has increasingly targeted energy facilities inside Russia in recent weeks in an effort to weaken the Kremlin’s war effort.
It has also struck at Moscow-controlled territory in Ukraine that predates the current invasion.
Zelenskyy renewed calls for Western partners to bolster Ukraine’s air defences, particularly by supplying more Patriot missiles, saying that failing to replenish them only emboldens Russia to prolong its four-year war, in a post on Telegram late Sunday.
Additional sources • AP, AFP