Four killed in strike on central Kyiv, Ukraine says
Russian overnight air strikes in Kiev have killed four people, local officials said.
The city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said air defense systems had been deployed around the Ukrainian capital.
He added that windows were shattered in the Shevchenkivsky district, including at a metro station, and a fire broke out in a non-residential building. It’s unclear what the goal is.
Authorities warned of a ballistic missile threat and urged locals to seek shelter.
Video posted online showed a burning car and water rushing through flooded streets.
It was the second deadly attack in Kyiv this month A deadly attack occurred in the city on New Year’s Day.
Meanwhile, in the southern city of Zaporozhye, the local government said a Russian attack on Saturday wounded six people. One woman is said to be in serious condition.
The attacks are the latest in a war that began after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
they follow several Earlier this week, Ukraine attacked Russian territory.
Ammunition depots and chemical plants were attacked in several Russian regions on Tuesday, some hundreds of kilometers from the border, according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
A source in Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency told the BBC Tuesday’s attack was a “painful blow” to Russia’s ability to wage war.
At the time, Russia said it had shot down a U.S.-supplied long-range Atax missile and a British-made Storm Shadow cruise missile and vowed to respond to the attack.
