Rescuers pull dead from rubble of Kyiv flats after massive Russian strikes
Andrew Kravchenko / Bloomberg via Getty Images Two people stand in front of rescuers with damaged residential buildings and rubble in the background on a sunny day in Kyiv on Thursday.Andrew Kravchenko / Bloomberg via Getty Images
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klychko (right), visited the site of the attack as rescue teams worked on Thursday
At least four people have been killed and children are among dozens wounded after Russia launched a massive wave of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine overnight, officials have said.
Three of the dead were pulled from the rubble of a partially destroyed apartment building in Kyiv, police said, where a rescue operation is under way after the capital was bombarded.
At least 44 people have been injured, including two children, the city’s mayor said. Twenty-one of those are being treated in hospital, including one child.
It marks the third day in a row Ukraine has reported deaths, as Moscow ramps up its assault after a three-day ceasefire expired on Monday.
The overnight barrage saw more than 670 drones and 56 missiles launched across the country, President Volodomyr Zelensky said. This is among the largest attacks Russia has mounted since the start of its full-scale invasion in 2022.
In the capital, a search and rescue operation began early Thursday to look for people under the rubble of a nine-storey high-rise apartment block, which had been hit overnight.
Police said two men, aged 21 and 30, and a woman, who has not yet been identified, were found dead in the rubble of the building’s destroyed entrance.
The fourth victim was a man who died in hospital, the city’s police added. He had been at a petrol station which came under attack.
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