Attack is the first major combined Russian drone and missile barrage to strike Kyiv since Trump met with Putin in Alaska

A mass Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital, including a rare strike in the centre of the city, early Thursday killed at least eight people and injured 30, local authorities said.

It was the first major Russian combined attack on Kyiv in weeks as US-led peace efforts to end the three-year war struggled to gain traction.

Among the dead were two children, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said, citing preliminary information. The numbers were expected to rise. Rescue teams were on site to pull people trapped underneath the rubble.

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