Russia launched a combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight, killing at least six people — including a child — and injuring dozens more, local officials said on Thursday.
A 6-year-old boy was among the victims, according to the city’s military administrator, Tymur Tkachenko, who reported that the strikes caused damage in 27 locations across four districts of the Ukrainian capital.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shared a video showing burning ruins, saying that people were still trapped under the rubble of a residential building.
“It’s a horrible morning in Kyiv. The brutal Russian strikes destroyed entire residential buildings and damaged schools and hospitals,” Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha posted on X, sharing an image of a devastated apartment block.
Russia, which denies targeting civilians, has in recent months intensified air strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities far from the front line of its invasion, now in its fourth year.
U.S. President Donald Trump, signaling his growing frustration with his Russian counterpart, this week shortened a deadline for Vladimir Putin to reach a peace deal.
“President Trump has been very generous and very patient with Putin, trying to find a solution,” Sybiha wrote. “Putin does it on purpose.”
