‘Russians are hitting residential buildings,’ local official said in a Telegram post.
KYIV — Russian forces launched a massive attack Friday on Kyiv, killing four people and wounding 27, including a pregnant woman, Ukrainian authorities reported.
“This was a deliberately calculated attack aimed at causing maximum harm to people and civilian infrastructure,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a morning statement.
“In Kyiv alone, dozens of apartment buildings have been damaged. The Azerbaijani embassy was hit by debris from an Iskander missile. The main target of the attack was Kyiv, and strikes also hit Kharkiv and Odesa regions,” he added.
The bombardment, which included 430 drones and 18 ballistic missiles, started at midnight and continued until early morning Friday, with multiple fires burning around Kyiv.
“Russians are hitting residential buildings. There are a lot of damaged high-rise buildings throughout Kyiv, in almost every district,” said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv military administration.
Heating went down in two districts after the attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine is responding to the Kremlin’s attacks with long-range strikes on Russian territory and urged the world to stop Moscow with sanctions and restock Kyiv’s air defense.
“Russia is still able to sell oil and build its schemes. All of this must end. A great deal of work is underway with partners to strengthen our air defense, but it is not enough. We need reinforcement with additional systems and interceptor missiles,” Zelenskyy said.
Kyiv’s drones also hit a Russian oil terminal and port in Novorossiysk, local governor Andrei Kravchenko said in a statement.
Drone debris hit several residential buildings and cars around the city, and one person was injured, according to the Russian official.