Russia launches deadliest strikes on Kyiv since last summer
Russia launched its deadliest wave of attacks against Ukraine바카라 게임 웹사이트s capital in nine months early Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelenskyy of harming peace talks in a fresh tirade against his Ukrainian counterpart.
Moscow sent 70 missiles and 145 drones toward Ukraine, mainly targeting Kyiv, Ukraine바카라 게임 웹사이트s Air Force said.
At least eight people were killed in the bombardment, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General바카라 게임 웹사이트s Office said, which emergency services said struck 13 locations in Kyiv, including residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
It was the costliest attack on the city since July 2024, when 33 people were killed in an aerial barrage that targeted a hospital and residential districts.
More people are likely trapped under rubble, and a search and rescue operation is underway to find them, according to local and national authorities.
Following the attacks, Zelenskyy announced he was cutting short his visit to South Africa, where he landed late on Wednesday, to return to Ukraine.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It is extremely important that everyone around the world sees and understands what is really happening바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said, adding that Ukraine would immediately contact its international partners regarding its requests to strengthen air defenses.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The strikes must be stopped immediately and unconditionally,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Zelenskyy said.
CNN producers in Kyiv heard air raid sirens blasting across the city for around six hours in the early hours of Thursday. Images provided by the emergency services showed buildings engulfed in flames at some of the sites struck in the attacks.
Engineers, rescue workers and recovery dogs are searching for people believed to be trapped under the rubble of a home destroyed by the strikes in the Sviatoshyn district, said Ukraine바카라 게임 웹사이트s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
바카라 게임 웹사이트There is information about two children who still cannot be found at the scene,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said, adding the situation was 바카라 게임 웹사이트tragic.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The city바카라 게임 웹사이트s mayor Vitali Klitschko earlier urged people to take shelter. The Kyiv city military administration has since broadcast an all-clear message.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Rescuers are doing everything they can to clear the rubble as quickly as possible,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the mayor said on Telegram. 바카라 게임 웹사이트We are currently clearing the rubble manually, we are not using any equipment because there may still be people under the rubble.바카라 게임 웹사이트
At least 42 people were taken to hospital, including six children, according to Ukraine바카라 게임 웹사이트s emergency services.
Klymenko said eight regions of the country were targeted in what he called 바카라 게임 웹사이트a massive combined Russian attack바카라 게임 웹사이트 that also hit Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Poltava, Khmelnytsky, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia.
Five ballistic missiles were among those that made it through Ukraine바카라 게임 웹사이트s defenses, according to the Air Force.
The Russian attacks hit after Trump and Zelenskyy became involved in a new public spat, specifically over the future of Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.
As part of its mission to seal a peace deal to end the three-year war, the US administration has proposed recognizing Russian control of Crimea, officials familiar with the details have told CNN.
Such a move would reverse a decade of U.S. policy and could upset the widely held post-World War II consensus that international borders should not be changed by force.
Zelenskyy has repeatedly said Ukraine would not accept that, saying it would go against the country바카라 게임 웹사이트s constitution.
On Wednesday, Trump said Zelenskyy바카라 게임 웹사이트s position was 바카라 게임 웹사이트very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy바카라 게임 웹사이트s that makes it so difficult to settle this War. He has nothing to boast about!바카라 게임 웹사이트 Trump platform.
Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s comments came hours after Vice President JD Vance threatened to abandon negotiations, telling reporters during a visit to India that a 바카라 게임 웹사이트very explicit proposal바카라 게임 웹사이트 had been put to both Russia and Ukraine and that it was 바카라 게임 웹사이트time for them to either say 바카라 게임 웹사이트yes,바카라 게임 웹사이트 or for the US to walk away.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Earlier, ministerial talks between Ukraine, the U.S., Britain, France and Germany aimed at furthering work toward a ceasefire were downgraded to take place among less senior officials, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio withdrew.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Emotions have run high today,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Zelenskyy said on X Wednesday as the day바카라 게임 웹사이트s developments threw fresh uncertainty over the diplomatic efforts to end the war.
The Trump administration바카라 게임 웹사이트s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Moscow on Friday for discussions with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.