kyiv, Ukraine, a large -scale Russian missile attack and drones hit kyiv during the night, killing nine people and hurting another 63, including six children, the Ukrainian authorities said Thursday.
The military administration of the city of kyiv said on its telegram channel that Russia hit kyiv with gifts and ballistic missiles.
At least 42 people were hospitalized, said the Ukrainian state emergency service.
Rescue operations were still underway on Thursday to find bodies under the rubble.
Fires were reported in several residential buildings, Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration said.
The attack, which around 1:00 am, hit at least four neighborhoods in Kyiv. In the Sviathynkskyi district, a fire broke out in a residential building that was damaged in the attack.
Associated Press saw the rescue teams unearthering people trapped under the debris of the building and the corpses that were distance.
Oksana Bilozir, a student, was receiving medical care for a head injury near the impact site.
She said that Shear a strong explosion after the air alarm rang and found to grab her things to flee to a shelter when another explosion caused the walls of her home to fall apart and the lights shot.
The attack occurred hours after the peace negotiations seemed to stop, with President Donald Trump attacking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zensky, saying that Zelenksy was prolonging the “murder field” by pushing about the Cime.
Zenskyy has said several times that recognizing the territory occupied as Russian is a red line for his country.
“Honestly, I don’t know how all this ends, it’s very afraid,” Bilozir said, referring to the war against Russia’s invasion. “I only think that if we can stop them on the battlefield, then that’s all. No diplomacy works here.”
More fires were reported in the districts of Shevchenkivsky and Holosiivskyi.
Anastasiia Zhuravlova, 33, mother of two children, was taking refuge in a basement after multiple explosions damaged her home.
His family slept when the first explosion shattered its windows and sent kitchen appliances flying in the air.
The glass fragments rained on the hurried theme to cover themselves in the corridor.
“After that we arrived at the shelter because it was scary and dangerous at home,” he said.