New Russian Strikes in Ukraine: Death Toll Reaches 26
The number of people killed in Russian strikes carried out on Kyiv early yesterday morning has risen to 26, including three children, the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced today.
An earlier report of the drone and missile attacks listed 16 fatalities, among them two children.
"During the night and morning, rescuers pulled 10 bodies from the rubble of a residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district, including the body of a two-year-old child," the ministry stated on its Telegram channel, adding that 159 people were injured in the attacks, including 16 children – reports Danas.
Ukraine was again the target of Russian attacks last night. A 63-year-old man was killed when a missile hit an apartment in the town of Veseliyanka in the eastern Zaporizhzhia region, reported the head of the regional military administration Ivan Fedorov via Telegram.
In Kyiv, today is a day of mourning after yesterday's bombings, which were among the deadliest in the capital since the start of the large-scale Russian offensive in February 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned what he called "a new deadly spectacle" carried out by Moscow and called for "a regime change" in Russia.
US President Donald Trump said the new wave of Russian attacks was "disgusting". He confirmed that sanctions would be imposed on Russia.
"I don’t know if it will have an effect, but we’ll do it," Trump said.
Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin ten days, counting from Tuesday, to stop the armed conflict – the largest in Europe since World War II – which has claimed thousands of lives on both sides.
