A 15-year-old girl was killed in a Russian drone strike on a 25-story apartment block in Kyiv during a prolonged nighttime barrage on the Ukrainian capital, officials reported. Five others were injured in the attack, which damaged several apartments on the building’s upper floors and led to the evacuation of 100 people.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko confirmed the teenager’s death, while Serhii Popko, head of Kyiv’s local military administration, stated that Russian forces bombarded the city for 7 1/2 hours overnight. Ukrainian air defense reportedly shot down up to a dozen Russian drones during the assault, as air raid sirens wailed throughout the night.
In a separate incident, a Russian missile struck a residential area in the central city of Dnipro late Friday, killing a 14-year-old and three others, according to regional Governor Serhii Lysak. At least 20 people were injured, including an 8-year-old and several teenagers. The attack damaged over a dozen apartment buildings, private houses, and a medical facility. Among the dead were the wife and teenage daughter of a local policeman, pulled from the rubble.
In the southern Kherson region, a man and woman died after a Russian drone dropped explosives on a village, local prosecutors reported. Meanwhile, a 61-year-old woman was killed by shelling in the northeast.
The Kyiv province, which surrounds but does not include the capital, also suffered casualties. Flying debris from a drone attack killed a woman, while a 13-year-old boy was wounded elsewhere in the region, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service.
The Ukrainian government has vowed to continue defending its territory and protecting its citizens, while also appealing for increased support from its allies to bolster its air defense capabilities and provide humanitarian aid to those affected by the war.
