Russian bombardments killed at least 16 people in Ukraine’s capital and surrounding areas overnight, authorities said Thursday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urging a global response to Moscow’s “escalation” of the four-year war.
In the early morning hours, rescuers in Kyiv were sifting through the rubble of destroyed buildings, including a damaged children’s hospital, while grieving families watched as two bodies were pulled out of an apartment block. The ballistic missiles that Moscow increasingly fires at Kyiv fly up to thousands of kilometres per hour and reach the capital within minutes of an air raid warning. The first explosions rang out over Kyiv less than three minutes after the official warning late Wednesday night — leaving locals basically no time to reach a shelter.
She had only just reached her children’s room after the air raid alert sounded when explosions rang out, blowing her windows out and “nearly killing” her husband. Moldova also said a Shahed-style drone — used by Russia — crashed on its territory, triggering a fire near the border with Ukraine.
