KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched a drone strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Wednesday, killing one individual, wounding six others and damaging buildings in two districts, metropolis officers mentioned.
Explosions boomed throughout the morning sky as Ukraine’s air pressure warned of drones approaching the capital and Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned air defences have been repelling an enemy assault.
Two flooring of a residential constructing have been partially destroyed within the strike, Klitschko mentioned. The physique of a girl was later pulled from the particles, town’s army administration mentioned.
Pictures posted by the State Emergency Service confirmed firefighters dousing a gutted nook of a constructing and rescuers serving to aged victims.
The Nationwide Financial institution of Ukraine mentioned in an announcement that one in every of its buildings had been broken by particles from a downed drone. Particles additionally broken a non-residential constructing in a special neighbourhood, Klitschko added.
“Even on New Yr’s Eve, Russia was solely involved about find out how to harm Ukraine,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned on social media in response to the strike.
Kyiv’s army mentioned it had shot down 63 out of 111 drones launched by Russia in a single day throughout numerous areas of Ukraine. One other 46 had been downed by digital jamming, it added.
Russia has carried out common air strikes on Ukrainian cities and cities far behind the entrance line of its practically three-year-old invasion.
