Russia rains 31 missiles and 636 drones on Ukraine, killing 14 people.
Russian missile and drone attacks killed at least 14 people across Ukraine overnight, including a child, local authorities said Thursday, in one of the latest waves of missile and drone attacks in the ongoing war.The strikes targeted several cities, including the capital Kiev and the southern port city of Odessa, causing widespread damage to residential buildings and infrastructure.Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that at least four people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed in the capital, while dozens were injured. He added: “A drone… literally flew over an 18-story residential building,” describing the extent of the destruction.He added that “rescue teams rescued a mother and a child” from a building that suffered severe damage.Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Air Force said it had intercepted 31 missiles and 636 drones in the past 24 hours.This escalation comes amid continuing cross-border attacks in the four-year conflict. According to Agence France-Presse, Russia intensified drone attacks at night, while Ukraine also carried out strikes inside Russian territory.
It struck multiple areas, and dozens were injured
According to Agence France-Presse, seven people were killed in Odessa after “several waves” of missile and drone attacks, while other casualties were reported in the Dnipropetrovsk region in the center of the country. At least 45 people were injured in Kiev alone, including emergency workers.The explosions led to fires, setting cars on fire, shattering windows, and damaging buildings and hotel facades across Kiev, while rescue teams pulled survivors from under the rubble of collapsed buildings.Officials said that a drone air strike in the northeastern city of Kharkiv resulted in the injury of at least two civilians, including a 77-year-old woman.
Serious damage in Odessa and Dnipro
Outside the capital, the southern port city of Odessa was among the worst-hit areas, with seven people killed and 11 others wounded in “several waves of missile and drone attacks,” regional officials said.In Dnipro, regional governor Oleksandr Ganza said two people were killed and 27 wounded, and photos showed residential buildings on fire.Officials also reported damage to infrastructure and homes in multiple areas, highlighting the scale of the coordinated attack.
Children killed in a Russian region
On the Russian side, two children aged 5 and 14 were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Tuapse region on the Black Sea, according to local authorities.
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He added, according to what was reported by Agence France-Presse, that “a terrorist attack using a drone on residential buildings in Tuapse claimed the lives of minors.” Many homes and businesses near the Black Sea port of Tuapse were damaged in the attack.The latest bombing comes shortly after the end of a 32-hour Orthodox Easter truce, which both sides accused each other of violating.