Deadly Russian missile, drone attacks hit Kyiv

Ukrainian officials said Wednesday Russian forces launched overnight attacks involving ballistic missiles and much than 120 drones, sidesplitting astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic successful Kyiv.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said connected Telegram that 3 different radical besides were injured arsenic a effect of the attacks.

Kyiv exigency services reported fires and different harm astatine buildings successful 4 districts successful the city.

Ukraine’s subject said missiles besides targeted the metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, located successful the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The determination governor, Serhiy Lysak, said connected Telegram that Russian attacks damaged a school, hotel, administrative gathering and 3 flat buildings.

Ukrainian aerial defenses changeable down six missiles and 71 of the 123 drones that Russian forces deployed, the Ukrainian aerial unit said.

Drone intercepts took spot implicit the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy and Zhytomyr regions.

"Putin is not preparing for bid - helium continues to termination Ukrainians and destruct cities," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected the Telegram messaging app. "Right now, we request the unity and enactment of each our partners successful the combat for a conscionable extremity to this war."

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday it changeable down 3 Ukrainian drones implicit the Belgorod region.