Key facts
- At least six people were killed and 33 wounded in a Russian missile barrage in Kyiv.
- The strikes damaged residential buildings, a medical facility, and an educational institution.
- Emergency crews worked to rescue individuals trapped under rubble.
- Russia has intensified ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv to deplete its air defense capabilities.
- Ukraine has been conducting its own long-range strikes inside Russian territory.
A Russian missile barrage overnight Thursday killed at least six people in Kyiv, with explosions echoing across the capital throughout the night, local authorities reported. At least 33 people were wounded in the attack, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. The air raid alert remained active into the early morning hours Thursday.
The strikes hit 12 locations across Kyiv’s Darnytskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts, damaging residential buildings, a medical facility, and an educational institution. Emergency crews worked to pull people trapped under the rubble. In Solomianskyi district, the top two floors of a 9-story residential building were destroyed, and fires broke out on other floors. People were also trapped in two residential buildings and a school shelter.