Rescuers at work at the scene of Russian strike on a nine-storey residential building in Kyiv on Thursday where four people were killed and at least 10 remain missing. Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
May 14 (UPI) -- A major aerial assault by Russian forces on Kyiv overnight killed at least five people, including a 12-year-old girl, and injured dozens, authorities said Thursday.
A major operation involving 600 Kyiv police and rescue workers recovered the bodies of a 21-year-old man, a 30-year-old man and an unidentified woman from beneath a destroyed nine-story residential block struck during the night.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a statement that dozens of residents had been rescued from the building but that rescue units, including specialist dog units, were continuing the search for more than 10 others feared buried in the rubble.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the 12-year-old girl was found dead in a nearby house that had been razed in the attack. He said a 1-month-old baby was among those hurt in the strikes, which destroyed 17 other apartment buildings.
