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KYIV: Russia fired missiles and drones into apartment buildings in Kyiv for the second time in a week Monday, killing at least 22 people on the eve of a crucial Nato summit, Ukrainian authorities said.
The attack hit just days after another Russian strike killed more than 30 people in the Ukrainian capital.
President Volodymyr Zelensky — expected to hold talks with US counterpart Donald Trump at the Nato summit in Turkiye — urged the Atlantic alliance to take “strong decisions” on boosting Ukraine’s air defences, with the European Union also saying Kyiv needed reinforcements.
As rescuers pulled bodies from the rubble in Kyiv, Nato chief Mark Rutte said in the Turkish capital, Ankara: “Allies and Nato partners must continue to ensure Ukraine gets what it needs.” The morning strike punched a crater into a multi-storey apartment block in Kyiv’s Podilsky district, ripping its floors in two.
