Russia batters Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, killing at least 10
Russian missile strikes on Kyiv have killed at least 10 people and caused significant damage to residential and commercial buildings. The attacks come amid a critical shortage of Western-supplied air defense systems in Ukraine.
Why it matters
The escalation of attacks on civilian infrastructure highlights the intensifying nature of the conflict and the urgent debate over international military aid.
The strikes follow a major Russian attack two days earlier that killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 50 others across Ukraine, as Moscow apparently looks to exploit Kyiv's critical shortage of Western-supplied anti-ballistic missile defences.
The relentless cycle of attacks dims the potential of reaching a diplomatic end to Russia's more than four-year-old invasion of its neighbour.
Russia's Defence Ministry said Saturday it had launched a "massive strike" against "Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities and logistics centres in Kyiv."
A burned car is seen after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday. (Dan Bashakov/The Associated Press) A five-storey residential building in the city's Solomianskyi district was damaged by falling debris and a fire broke out. Rescue workers evacuated 35 people from the upper floors of the building and two people died, with eight reported injured, including two children, according to Ukraine's state emergency service.
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