In brief
In a missile attack on Kyiv, Russian forces struck residential buildings, injuring at least two civilians and damaging a kindergarten. Kyiv’s mayor reported debris hitting a five‑storey apartment and warned of potential further strikes. The incident follows President Zelensky’s recent warning of new attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.
A missile strike launched by Russian forces on Kyiv has damaged residential buildings and injured residents, according to Ukrainian officials. The attack came just hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was preparing new attacks on energy targets, bridges and other infrastructure.
Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said the strike hit a five‑storey apartment building in a western district and damaged the façade of another residential building. He added that a nearby building housing a kindergarten was also damaged and that two people were injured.
Klitschko posted on Telegram:
Explosions in the Kyiv suburbs. The enemy is hitting infrastructure with ballistic missiles.
Local authorities warned residents in the hours after the attack of a potential for more strikes.
Reuters reported that the missile attack destroyed a building that housed a kindergarten and left two civilians wounded. The article noted continuing warnings from Kyiv’s military administration about the possibility of further attacks.
The incident comes amid U.S.-led talks in Abu Dhabi set to open three days later, aimed at seeking a resolution to the ongoing conflict. Kyiv’s head of state has called for specific security guarantees from Western allies as post‑war reconstruction is discussed.
