Russia has unleashed a massive volley of missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities for the third day in a row, with the latest strikes hitting a Kyiv apartment block, killing eight.
At least 8 people, including a 12-year-old girl, were killed after a Russian missile slammed into a Kyiv apartment block on Thursday morning, authorities said, as Ukrainian cities came under aerial attack for the third day in a row.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the building had been virtually destroyed, and 20 people remain missing. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said more than 30 people were injured in the nine-story building. Later Thursday, Zelenskyy said the strikes killed a total of 10 people in the Ukrainian capital.
Across Ukraine, Zelenskyy said that 180 structures were damaged in the Russian strikes, with 50 of the targets residential apartment blocks. Dozens of people were injured in strikes across the capital.
Strikes on the northeastern city of Kharkiv injured 28 people, and two people were injured in strikes on the Black Sea port city of Odesa, he added.
