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ReutersAt least 15 People have been killed and dozens more more more wreck with in Russian strikes in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, employees say.
The one-night attack on Tuesday has been one of Kiev’s largest bombing since the start of the full-scale invasion more than three years ago.
Interior Minister of Ukraine Ihor Klanko said a total of 440 drones and 32 missiles were fired in the country.
Meanwhile, Russian air defense units have captured and destroyed 147 Ukrainian drones overnight, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said.
Kiev’s strikes lasted more than nine hours – sending residents running to underground shelters from before midnight to sunrise.
Officials said a ballistic rocket struck a nine -storey residential building in one area, with a total of 27 districts of the city fell under fire.
“Waking up in the full nightmare: people trapped under debris and full buildings collapsed,” writes Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasilenko at X.
Klimenko said the rescue teams still work for free people.
The strong explosions shook the city, along with the rattling of machine guns used by mobile Ukrainian air defense units for drones.
More sirens later interrupted the rescue operations in the city in the morning, making it difficult for emergency workers seeking the ruins for the survivors.
Russia has strengthened its air attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, with tactics to send large waves of drones and lures designed to overwhelm Ukrainian air protection.
Kyiv started his attacks, As the direct conversations between the warring countries failed to provide a truce or a significant breakthrough.
ReutersPresident Volodimir Zelenski called Russia’s “pure terrorism” strikes.
He accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing a large -scale strikes “only because he could afford to continue this war.”
“It’s bad when the powerful one from this world closed his eyes to it,” he said, adding, “Terrorists should feel the pain, not normal, calm people.”
The drone strikes also hit the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa, killing one man and injuring at least 10 others, said Klanko.
Benks hoped to talk to US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada on Tuesday, but Trump interrupted his stay against the escalating crisis in the Middle East.
The news will come as a blow to Zelenski and his administration, which hoped to provide US support at the conference on the strategic and military goals of Ukraine.