Deadly Russian barrage pounds Ukraine capital
Russian missile and drone strikes rocked Kiev early Thursday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was preparing a “massive attack.”
Russia has routinely launched waves of missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, during its more than four-year invasion, which has become Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II.
The attack came after Ukraine’s air force warned that ballistic missiles were headed towards the capital and followed Zelensky cutting short a visit to Dublin Wednesday, citing intelligence reports of an impending Russian strike.
AFP journalists in central and eastern Kiev heard more than a dozen explosions and saw residents, some with children and pets, rushing to shelter in metro stations.
