The air force said 339 of 352 drones and 15 of 16 missiles were shot down overnight
\n Kyiv
\nAt least seven people were killed and more than two dozen injured after Russian drones and missiles struck Kyiv and its surrounding region overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.
\nThe attacks sparked fires in residential areas, destroyed parts of high-rise buildings, and damaged metro infrastructure, prompting fresh outrage amid Moscow\u2019s intensifying aerial campaign.
\nSix of the victims were killed in Kyiv\u2019s central Shevchenkivskyi district, where an entire section of a multi-storey building was reduced to rubble. Among the injured were four children, authorities said.
\nAnother casualty was reported in the city of Bila Tserkva, south of Kyiv, where a hosp
\nital was struck by a drone. At least eight others were injured in the broader Kyiv region.
\nInterior Minister Ihor Klymenko warned that more people may be trapped under the debris as search operations continued across six of the city\u2019s 10 districts.
\nPhotos from Ukraine\u2019s State Emergency Service showed rescuers pulling residents from flaming debris as buildings continued to burn in the early hours.
\nIn one of the hardest-hit areas, the entrance to a metro station in Kyiv\u2019s Sviatoshynskyi district commonly used as a bomb shelter was damaged along with a nearby bus stop.
\nThe country\u2019s air force said it shot down 339 of the 352 drones and 15 of 16 missiles launched by Russia in the overnight barrage.
\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is visiting the United Kingdom, said he would discuss bolstering Ukraine\u2019s air defence and pressing Russia diplomatically to halt the strikes.
\nThe attack follows one of the deadliest barrages on the capital last week, which killed 28 people and wounded more than 150.
\nMoscow has not commented on the most recent attack. Both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians, though thousands of Ukrainian non-combatants have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
\nThis latest escalation came days after previous Russian air raids struck sports facilities and damaged dormitories at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The repeated targeting of civilian sites has raised alarm among aid agencies and Kyiv\u2019s allies.
\nEarlier this year, a separate Russian strike damaged a Kyiv metro entrance used as a bomb shelter the same pattern repeated in the latest assault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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