Children among six killed in Kyiv after Russian missile and drone attack
by Peter Beaumont in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#70XWP)
Strikes, involving over 400 drones and 28 missiles, launched hours after Putin-Trump meeting in Budapest cancelled
Russian drones and missiles have pounded the Ukrainian capital and other cities, hours after the cancellation of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, killing six people including a six-month-old baby, a 12-year-old girl and a woman, and damaging key energy facilities and several high-rise residential buildings.
The attacks, involving over 400 drones and 28 missiles, lasted most of Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning as Kyiv was hit by at least four ballistic missiles. A drone strike on Kharkiv hit a kindergarten, killing one man and injuring seven others.
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