Russian air strike on Kyiv kills six, officials say
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A six-year-old boy was among those killed, said city military administrator Tymur Tkachenko
KYIV (Reuters) – Russia unleashed a combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv, killing at least six people, including a child, and wounding dozens more, local officials said on Thursday.
A six-year-old boy was among those killed, said city military administrator Tymur Tkachenko, who said the overnight attack had caused damage in 27 locations across four districts of the Ukrainian capital.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted a video of burning ruins, saying people were still trapped under the rubble of one 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 with an image of a devastated block of apartments.
Russia, which denies targeting civilians, has in recent months stepped up air strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities far from the front line of its invasion, now in its fourth year.
US President Donald Trump, signalling frustration with his Russian counterpart, shortened a deadline this week for Vladimir Putin to make peace.
"President Trump has been very generous and very patient with Putin, trying to find a solution," Sybiha wrote.
"Putin does it on purpose."
‘TOWN OF CHASIV YAR IN EASTERN UKRAINE CAPTURED’
Russia's defence ministry on Thursday said Russian forces had captured the town of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield report.
Ukraine's general staff on Thursday morning said Russian forces had attacked locations near Chasiv Yar.
DeepState, a Ukrainian open-source mapping site that charts the front lines, showed Ukraine's forces controlling the western part of the town.
Chasiv Yar lies just west of Bakhmut, which Russia captured in 2023 after one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
