At least eight people have died as a result of a new Russian mass attack with drones and missiles against kyiv, as reported by the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski. One of the deceased is a 14 -year -old boy, according to the first information. The mayor of the city, Vitali Klitschko, figure the injured in 38.
They have been several waves of drones and missiles against different parts of the Ukrainian capital during the night and morning, which have affected numerous residential buildings and vehicles and have caused fires and large destruction. According to the newspaper The Kyiv Independentthe offensive has put almost all regions of the country on the launch of hypersonic missiles and multiple waves of drones from different points from Russia against populations hundreds of kilometers from the front.
In kyiv, drones and ballistic missiles have fallen that have damaged homes, offices and schools. In addition, a five -storey apartment building has received a direct impact and has been totally destroyed.
Thousands of people have had to seek refuge in the capital of the capital to protect themselves from the attack, carried out with Iranian manufacturing -, Drones Lead, cruise missiles and Balistic missiles Kinzhal, as detailed by the head of the kyiv military administration, Timur Tkachenko.
First thing in the morning, Zelenski has published a long message in X in which he begins by telling how rescue services try to seek survivors among the rubble of a “normal residential building” of the city destroyed in the attack. “Another massive attack against our cities and communities. Deaths again. Tragically, it has been confirmed that there are at least eight dead people. One of them is a child,” he says, adding that there are “dozens of injured” and that many people can still be trapped among the rubble.
Right now in Kyiv, first responders are clearing the rubble of an ordinary residential building after a Russian strike. Another massive attack against our cities and communities. Killings again. Tragically, at least 8 people have already been confirmed dead. One of them is a…
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@zelenskyyua)
In addition, the Ukrainian President links the new offensive to the situation of diplomatic efforts led by the United States to end the war. “These missile and drone attacks are a clear response to all those in the world that, for weeks and months, have called a high fire, already real diplomacy,” adds Zelenski. “Russia chooses ballistic missiles instead of the negotiating table, chooses to continue killing instead of ending the war. It does not fear the consequences, it takes advantage of the fact that at least part of the world is a blind eye to the murder of children and seeks excuses for Putin.”
Therefore, the chief of the Ukrainian executive challenges China, ally of Russia, already Hungary, also a supporter of Putin in the EU bosom, to “react to what is happening.” “We expect an answer from anyone in the world that has called peace but now more often keep silent instead of positioning itself according to its principles,” says Zelenski, who calls “new, severe sanctions against Russia for everything he does.” “They have broken all the deadlines and ruined dozens of opportunities for diplomacy, Russia must account for each attack, for every day of this war,” Zanja.
Reciprocal attacks
For their part, the Russian authorities have denounced the interception of 102 drones launched by Ukraine over their territory. In addition, kyiv has announced that he has attacked and reached two Russian oil refineries in Russian regions: AFIPSKY, in Krasnodar, and the Kuybyshevskyi, in Samara.