Nine dead and dozens injured in Russian bombing in Kiev

At least nine people were killed and more than 70 injured in the massive Russian attack launched early in the morning against the Ukrainian capital, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko announced. The missile bombardment affected five districts of the city and is one of the deadliest in Kiev since the start of the war three years ago. The Sviatoshin district has been the hardest hit.

"[Here] the situation is tragic. The rubble of a destroyed house is still being removed. Engineers, rescuers, and a dog are intervening.



Phone calls can be heard from under the rubble (...

)", explained the State Emergency Service. According to the head of the Military Administration of the City of Kyiv, Timur Tkachenko, Russia has attacked the Ukrainian capital with drones, guided missiles, and ballistic missiles. Apart from the capital, Russia has also massively attacked the regions of Zhytomyr, Dinipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Sumi, and Zaporizhia, although Kyiv was the hardest hit.

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