Kiev, Ukraine (AP) – At least four people were killed and 24 were injured in a Russian drone and missile missile attack on the Ukrainian capital early Thursday, local authorities said.
Among the deaths were two children, Home Minister Ihol Klimenko said, citing preliminary information. The number is expected to increase. Rescue squads were on the scene to pull people trapped under the roof rubber.
Russia has fired decoidrons, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, said Timur Tokachenko, head of Kiev’s city government. At least 20 locations in seven districts of Kyiv have made an impact. Nearly 100 buildings, including a shopping mall in the city centre, were damaged and thousands of windows were crushed, he said.
A five-storey residential building in the Darnytskyi district was directly attacked. “It all will be destroyed,” Tkachenko said. The strike in central Kiev left a major road littered with crushed glass.
Thursday’s attack is the first major attack that US President Donald Trump will combine a missile attack with US President Vladimir Putin in Alaska earlier this month with the first major Russian mass drone and missile attack to hit Kiev to meet and discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ending the three-year war in Ukraine.
meanwhile Diplomatic push to end the war It seemed that momentum would be gained right after the meeting, but little has been revealed about the next step.
Ukrainian President Voldimia Zelensky wants strict US sanctions to cripple the Russian economy if Putin doesn’t show seriousness about ending the war.
