Vladimir Klitschko visits Kyiv bombsites as rescuers try to pull survivors from rubble after latest Russian airstrikes
- A high-rise building in Kyiv was struck by fragments of a downed cruise missile
- At least three people have been killed and eight are injured following the attack
Vladimir Klitschko has visited bombsites in Kyiv after Russia’s latest airstrikes have left rescuers trying to pull survivors from the rubble.
At least three people have been killed and eight injured after a high-rise building in the Ukrainian capital was struck early on Saturday, according to Ukrainian officials.
Ukraine’s military said air defences had destroyed 41 out of 51 cruise missiles, as well as two drones, launched by Russia in the assault which had targeted at least five regions across the country.
Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said the damage to the high-rise had been caused by fragments from one of more than 20 missiles that were shot down around the city.
Mayor Vitalii Klitschko was pictured this morning alongside emergency workers who were sifting through debris at the scene where a gaping hole was visible on one side of the building.
Emergency services carry a woman on a stretcher in Kyiv after Russia’s latest airstrikes hit the Ukrainian capital overnight
Vladimir Klitschko (pictured) visited bombsites in the city follwoing the attacks which left at least three people dead and eight injured, according to Ukrainian officials
He was pictured this morning alongside emergency workers who were sifting through debris at the scene where a gaping hole was visible on one side of the building
Klitschko said on Telegram that more people may be trapped under the rubble, while Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on the messaging app: ‘This is the style of terrorists. The style of Russia.’
Klymenko said missiles had targeted at least five regions across the country.
Officials in the southeastern region of Dnipropetrovsk said eight people were wounded – two of them children – and several buildings destroyed in attacks there.
Governor Serhiy Lysak said air defences had destroyed nine missiles and three drones but that residential buildings in the regional capital Dnipro and an unspecified infrastructure object were hit.
At least two Russian missiles also targeted Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, with one hitting an industrial zone and another damaging a gas line, said Governor Oleh Synehubov. He said there were no casualties.
There were reports of explosions in other cities but no immediate word of casualties or damage.
Moscow began stepping up regular air strikes on Ukraine in May as Kyiv’s military was planning a counteroffensive, which is now ongoing, to retake Russian-occupied territory in the east and south.
The apartment block which was damaged by rocket fragments in Kyiv after Russia’s latest airstrikes
Rescue workers in action sifting through the debris to try and pull out survivors
Klitschko said on Telegram that more people may be trapped under the rubble
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