15 killed, 75 injured in major Russian attack on Ukraine
No fewer than 15 people were killed and 75 others injured in Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine overnight Tuesday, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a statement.
The capital Kyiv was hit hardest in the attack, where a ballistic missile struck a nine-storey apartment building, killing 14 people and injuring 60 others, Interfax-Ukraine news agency cited the minister as saying.
In the southern city of Odessa, one person was killed and 10 others injured.
Casualties were also reported in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said Russia launched a total of 175 drones, along with more than 14 cruise missiles and two ballistic missiles at the capital, hitting residential areas.
The Interior Ministry stated 27 locations in Kyiv, including apartment buildings, educational institutions, and critical infrastructure facilities, were targeted in an overnight attack.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing at the sites of the strikes, the State Service for Emergencies said.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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