KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile and drone assault on Kyiv early Friday killed not less than 4 folks and injured 20 others, metropolis mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned, as air raid sirens rang out throughout a wider mixed assault throughout Ukraine.
Klitschko mentioned search and rescue operations have been underway at a number of areas.
A number of explosions have been heard within the capital, Kyiv, the place falling particles sparked fires throughout a number of districts as air protection techniques tried to intercept incoming targets, mentioned Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Metropolis Administration.
“Our air protection crews are doing every part attainable. However we should shield each other — keep secure,” Tkachenko wrote on Telegram.
Authorities reported harm in a number of districts, and rescue staff have been responding at a number of areas. They urged residents to hunt shelter.
In Solomyanskyi district, a fireplace broke out on the eleventh flooring of a 16-story residential constructing. Emergency companies evacuated three folks from the condominium, and rescue operations have been ongoing. One other hearth broke out in a metallic warehouse.
Tkachenko mentioned the metro tracks between two stations in Kyiv have been broken within the assault, however no hearth or accidents occurred.
In northern Chernihiv area, a Shahed drone exploded close to an condominium constructing, shattering home windows and doorways, in accordance with regional army administration chief Dmytro Bryzhynskyi. He added that explosions from ballistic missiles have been additionally recorded on the outskirts of town.
The nighttime assault got here hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said it may be higher to let Ukraine and Russia “struggle for some time” earlier than pulling them aside and pursuing peace, in feedback that have been a outstanding detour from Trump’s often-stated appeals to cease the three-year conflict.
Trump spoke as he met with Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who appealed to him because the “key particular person on the earth” who might halt the bloodshed by pressuring Russian President Vladimir Putin.
