Russia’s deadliest attack on Kyiv for months kills 15 and wounds dozens

Russia made a mass missile and drone attack on the capital of Ukraine Kiev and killed at least 15 Authorities say that people and more than 100 other injuries.

A drone hit an apartment block that destroyed dozens of apartments and said the country’s internal minister was shot by the country’s 440 drones and 32 missiles.

On one night, the attack on Tuesday was among the largest in the capital since the beginning of Russia’s full -scale war, and President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was “one of the most terrible strikes.”

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Ukraine has targeted the military-industry complexes and that all its goals have been hit.

The strikes in Kiev lasted more than nine hours – from midnight to the sunrise to the underground shelters.

Authorities said that a ballistic missile hit a nine -storey apartment in a region and a total of 27 locations in the city came under fire. The entrance to the building in the Southwest Solomyanskyi region collapsed and there were concerns that the number of losses could increase.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko was among those who were killed by a 62 -year -old US citizen.

Standing in front of the ruins of the building, Klitschko said that more than 40 apartments have been destroyed and more people could be stuck under the rubble.

He accused Russia of firing a cluster bomber full of ball bearing to kill as many people as possible.

Ukrainian Deputy Lesia Vaseko, “Waking up in the absolute nightmare: People stuck under the rubble collapsed and the full buildings collapsed,” he wrote.

Klymenko said that various buildings came to the Russian attack, including housing, critical infrastructure and training facilities.

Loud explosions shook the city with the rattles of the machine guns used by mobile Ukrainian air defense units to hit the drones.

Later in the morning, more siren broke the rescue operations in the city and sought emergency workers for rubble for survivors.

Russia has intensified air strikes against the cities of Ukraine in recent weeks, and the tactic of sending large drones and trap waves designed to crush Ukraine air defenses.

Kyiv launched his own attacks, Direct negotiations between the fighting parties did not provide a ceasefire or a significant breakthrough.

Russia accused the Ukrainian forces of starting a missile strike on an occupied Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, and the authorities appointed by Russia were injured at least 10 people.

Russian news agencies, reported that 147 Ukrainian drones fell from nine Russian regions overnight.

President Zelensky, who traveled to the G7 summit in Canada, called Russia’s latest wave of strikes “pure terrorism”.

Russian President Vladimir accused Putin of carrying out large -scale strikes because he could only continue this war “.

“The powerful of this world is bad when he took a blind look,” he said: “terrorists who need to feel the pain, not normal, peaceful people.”

Klymenko, drone strikes also hit the Southern Ukrainian city Odessa, killed a person and injured at least 10 people.

Zelenksy hoped to talk to US President Donald Trump on the sides of the G7 summit on Tuesday, but Trump shortened his stay in an increasing crisis in the Middle East.

The news will be a blow to Zelensky and its administration, which Ukraine hopes to provide US support at the strategic and military targets conference.

However, it is expected that British and its allies are expected to announce additional sanctions against Russia on Tuesday in their efforts to maintain their pressure on Moscow on the war in Ukraine.