Reuters. Waves of Russian drones and missiles struck districts across the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday (June 17), killing 14 people and injuring 44, according to the interior ministry.
The Russian attack struck 27 locations around the capital, damaging residential buildings, educational institutions and critical infrastructure facilities, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
A ballistic missile struck a nine-storey residential building in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, destroying a section of it. Emergency services were racing to search through the rubble for any possible survivors.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that a 62-year-old U.S. citizen had died in a dwelling opposite a site where medics were providing assistance during the attack. Klymenko said the man died from shrapnel wounds.
Both Ukraine and Russia have launched drone attacks in recent weeks as the two sides have held two sessions of direct talks on ending the more than three-year-old war. The talks have produced agreements on freeing prisoners of war and returning the bodies of fallen soldiers, but little more.
