Russia’s attack on Kyiv kills five, sparks fires, Ukraine says
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Ukraine Russia war latest: Six killed in massive drone strikes in Kyiv while Moscow’s wartime toll hits grim milestone
The attack involved at least 352 drones and 16 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Five persons were killed in a strike on a residential building in the capital. Another person was killed and eight people were injured in the city of Bila Tserkva. British defence ministry said over a million Russian soldiers had died or suffered injuries.
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At least six people were killed in an overnight Russia drone and missile attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said.
The attack involved at least 352 drones and 16 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said on Monday morning.
Five persons were killed in a strike on a residential building in the capital and 10 people, including a pregnant woman, were rescued from a nearby highrise that sustained damage.
Another person was killed and eight people were injured in the city of Bila Tserkva, around 85km southwest of the capital.
As the hostilities continued, the British defence ministry said over a million Russian soldiers had died or suffered injuries so far. The estimates aligned with a study by the American think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
The think tank put Russian deaths at around 250,000 and total casualties including the wounded at nearly 950,000, the Guardian reported.
The Ukrainian death toll it put at between 60,000 and 100,000 and total casualties at about 400,000.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Seven killed after Putin’s forces launch hundreds of missiles and drones at Kyiv
The attack involved at least 352 drones and 16 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Six people were killed in a strike on a residential building in the capital. 10 people, including a pregnant woman, were rescued from a nearby high-rise. Another person was killed and eight people were injured in the city of Bila Tserkva.
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At least seven people were killed in an overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said.
The attack involved at least 352 drones and 16 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said on Monday morning.
Six people were killed in a strike on a residential building in the capital and 10 people, including a pregnant woman, were rescued from a nearby high-rise that sustained damage.
Another person was killed and eight people were injured in the city of Bila Tserkva, around 85km southwest of the capital. ,
As the hostilities continued, the British defence ministry said over a million Russian soldiers had died or suffered injuries so far. The estimates aligned with a study by the American think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
The think tank put Russian deaths at around 250,000 and total casualties, including the wounded, at nearly 950,000, the Guardian reported.
The Ukrainian death toll is reportedly between 60,000 and 100,000, and total casualties are at about 400,000.
Russian attack on Kyiv kills several and sparks fires, Ukraine says
At least four people were killed in Kyiv’s busy Shevchenkivskyi district. The entire entrance of a residential high-rise building was destroyed. Russia has not commented on the strikes.
:: Kyiv, Ukraine
:: Russian drones and missiles kill several and spark fires in Kyiv’s residential areas
:: The attack caused damage in six of the city’s 10 districts
“The Russians’ style is unchanged – to hit where there may be people,” Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. “Residential buildings, exits from shelters – this is the Russian style.” Russia has not commented on the strikes.
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Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia launched in February 2022, but thousands of civilians have been killed in the conflict – the vast majority of them Ukrainian.
At least four people were killed in Kyiv’s busy Shevchenkivskyi district where the entire entrance of a residential high-rise building was destroyed,Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram.
Russian attacks on Kyiv kill seven and injure dozens, Ukraine says
Moscow has stepped up drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in recent weeks. Both sides deny targeting civilians, but thousands of civilians have been killed in the conflict. Russia has not commented on the latest attacks. Ukraine’s air force said it downed 339 of 352 drones and 15 of 16 missiles launched by Russia in the attack on four Ukrainian regions.. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would discuss the country’s defence and. additional pressure on Russia to end such strikes during his visit to Britain. The attacks caused damage in six of the city’s 10 districts, officials said. They also sparked fires in residential areas and damaged the entrance to a metro station bomb shelter. The strikes came a week after hundreds of drones killed 28 people and injured more than 150.
Entrance damaged to metro station that serves as bomb shelter
Attack follows one of deadliest strikes on Kyiv last week
KYIV, June 23 (Reuters) – Russian drone and missile attacks in and around Kyiv overnight killed seven people, injured dozens, sparked fires in residential areas and damaged the entrance to a metro station bomb shelter, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.
At least six people were killed in Kyiv’s busy Shevchenkivskyi district where an entire section of a residential high-rise building was destroyed, Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
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Four children were among 25 people wounded in the attack, he added.
“The Russians’ style is unchanged – to hit where there may be people,” Tkachenko said. “Residential buildings, exits from shelters – this is the Russian style.”
Moscow has stepped up drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in recent weeks as talks to end the war , which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, yielded few results.
Both sides deny targeting civilians, but thousands of civilians have been killed in the conflict – the vast majority of them Ukrainian. Russia has not commented on the latest attacks.
Interior minister Ihor Klymenko said people could still be under the rubble after the overnight attacks caused damage in six of the city’s 10 districts.
“To be honest, it wasn’t like I got scared. It was more like my life was frozen,” said a 75-year-old local resident who only gave her first name, Liudmyla. “You’re frozen, looking at all of it and thinking about how you will live.”
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Ukraine’s air force said it downed 339 of 352 drones and 15 of 16 missiles launched by Russia in the attack on four Ukrainian regions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would discuss the country’s defence and additional pressure on Russia to end such strikes during his visit to Britain.
Photos posted by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service showed rescuers leading people to safety from buildings and structures on fire in the dark.
An entrance to the metro station in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district was also damaged, along with an adjacent bus stop, officials said.
Kyiv’s deep metro stations have been used throughout the war as some of the city’s safest bomb shelters.
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute said the attack damaged its sports complex, several academic buildings and four dormitories.
In the broader Kyiv region that surrounds the Ukrainian capital, a 68-year-old woman was killed and at least eight people were injured, officials said.
Russia launched one of its deadliest attacks on Kyiv last week, when hundreds of drones killed 28 people and injured more than 150.
Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Gleb Garanich; Writing by Lidia Kelly in Warsaw and Anastasiia Malenko; Editing by Tom Hogue, Raju Gopalakrishnan and Aidan Lewis
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Seven killed after Putin’s forces launch hundreds of missiles and drones at Kyiv
The attack involved at least 352 drones and 16 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. Six people were killed in a strike on a residential building in the capital. 10 people, including a pregnant woman, were rescued from a nearby high-rise. Another person was killed and eight people were injured in the city of Bila Tserkva.
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At least seven people were killed in an overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said.
The attack involved at least 352 drones and 16 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said on Monday morning.
Six people were killed in a strike on a residential building in the capital and 10 people, including a pregnant woman, were rescued from a nearby high-rise that sustained damage.
Another person was killed and eight people were injured in the city of Bila Tserkva, around 85km southwest of the capital. ,
As the hostilities continued, the British defence ministry said over a million Russian soldiers had died or suffered injuries so far. The estimates aligned with a study by the American think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
The think tank put Russian deaths at around 250,000 and total casualties, including the wounded, at nearly 950,000, the Guardian reported.
The Ukrainian death toll is reportedly between 60,000 and 100,000, and total casualties are at about 400,000.