KYIV: Russia flattened a section of an apartment block in Kyiv on Tuesday, its deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year, as a huge barrage of hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles killed at least 16 people and wounded 134. Ukrainian officials declared a day of mourning on Wednesday for victims of what President Volodymyr Zelensky described as one of the most horrific attacks on the capital during the war. “Such attacks are pure terrorism. The whole world, the United States, and Europe must finally respond as a civilized society responds to terrorists.

Waves of Russian drones and missiles struck districts across the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday, damaging an apartment building, sparking fires and injuring up to 16…

Overnight attack sees waves of drones and missiles strike Ukraine’s capital