17th October, 2022
Eight people were killed on Monday as Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv came under heavy drone and missile strikes by Russia.
The city came under intense attack from Russia at night which entered into the morning, as residential buildings were targeted for the attack.
BBC reports that residential buildings in central Kyiv were struck and at least four people were killed – including a couple expecting a baby.
The capital reverberated to the rattle of gunfire in the morning as anti-aircraft batteries tried to shoot down the drones.
Dozens have been rescued from the rubble by emergency workers in Kyiv, as a frantic search for people trapped in the wreckage continues
Another deadly strike took place in the north-eastern Sumy region, where four were killed in a rocket attack
There were power outages in nearly 600 towns and villages following the strikes, with shelling also responsible for cutting off power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Russia launched the attacks “all night and all morning” to “terrorise” civilians, Ukraine’s resident Volodymyr Zelensky said
But Ukraine says it shot down dozens more so-called “Kamikaze drones” launched from Russia as part of the assault.
At least 19 people were killed in a wave of Russian missile strikes on the capital a week ago.