Ukraine-Russia war latest: Smoke rises from cabinet building in Kyiv after massive Russian attack
A fire has broken out at a group of buildings housing Ukraine’s cabinet in central Kyiv amid a massive Russian drone strike on the capital city.
Vladimir Putin has so far largely refrained from targeting government buildings in Kyiv’s historic centre, meaning a direct hit on the administrative complex would be an escalation in the more than three-year war.
Russian drone debris also struck four-story residential buildings in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts, according to mayor Vitallii Klitschko, with the attack as a whole killing two people and injuring 11.
Among the dead was a 1-year child, whose body was dug out of the rubble by rescuers, said Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s city administration.
It is the second time Putin has launched a mass Russian drone and missile attack targeting Kyiv in the span of two weeks, despite claiming to want a peaceful end to the war.
Earlier, sources close to Donald Trump were quoted as saying the US president has become increasingly “pessimistic” about the prospect of ending the conflict in Ukraine.
