Russian bombs hits dozens of Ukrainian civilian targets, killing a minimum of 15

About 27 areas within the capital have been hit throughout a number of waves of assaults all through the night time, and residential buildings, instructional establishments, and significant infrastructure services have been broken, officers mentioned.

A ballistic missile struck a nine-story residential constructing in Kyiv‘s Solomianskyi district, wiping out a complete part of it, which was flattened right into a pile of particles.

Emergency staff have been combing by the rubble and dousing the flames with hoses. They used a crane to decrease a wounded aged lady in a stretcher out of the window of a flat in an adjoining part of the constructing.

“I’ve by no means seen something like this earlier than. It’s merely horrific. After they began pulling folks out, and everybody was minimize up, aged folks and youngsters… I have no idea how lengthy they’ll proceed to torment us, strange folks,” mentioned Viktoriia Vovchenko, 57, who lives close by.

Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko mentioned 14 folks have been killed in Kyiv and yet another in Odesa in southern Ukraine. Practically 100 folks have been injured within the capital and the close by area, Odesa, and Chernihiv within the north, officers mentioned.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned the useless within the capital included a 62-year-old U.S. citizen, who died from shrapnel wounds.

Ukraine has additionally launched drones deep into Russia, though its assaults haven’t triggered comparable harm to civilian targets. Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned it had intercepted and destroyed 147 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, together with the Moscow area, in a single day.