Russia’s attack on Kyiv kills 2
Digest more
We’ve been verifying video being posted online from Ukraine following an overnight Russian attack involving around 400 drones and 18 missiles, according to the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine’s worst hit area was Kyiv, he said, where two people were killed. He reported five other regions were hit.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Moscow launched 18 missiles and around 400 drones in its attack that primarily targeted and battered the capital city of Kyiv
Kyiv was the main target of an hourslong assault that killed at least two people, officials said. The barrage came hours before the top American and Russian diplomats were expected to meet.
Russia launched a large-scale aerial assault on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, marking a second consecutive night of ferocious attacks on the country, as Russia ramps up its bombardment more than three years into the war.