KYIV: Russia unleashed missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during Wednesday morning’s rush hour, killing five people, wounding more than 30, and damaging residential buildings and energy infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.
Four people were killed when debris from a missile hit an 18-storey residential building in Golosiivskyi district in the southwest of Kyiv. One person was killed in Mykolayiv in the south.
Air defences shot down 44 missiles and drones out of 64 launched by Russia in several waves, said Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander of Ukraine’s armed forces.