Russian attacks leave three dead in Ukraine
TL;DR
Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine resulted in at least three fatalities, including a 12-year-old boy in Kyiv. The attacks also injured at least 18 people and occurred in multiple cities.
Key points
- Russia launched drone and missile attacks across Ukraine
- Three people were killed, including a 12-year-old boy
- At least 18 people were injured in the attacks
- Attacks were reported in multiple cities, including Kyiv and Dnipro
- Two children were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia
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Russia launched a wave of drone and missile attacks across Ukraine on Wednesday night, killing at least three people, Ukrainian officials said.
A 12-year-old boy was among two victims in the capital, said Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, adding at least 18 people were injured.
One person was also killed in the southeastern city of Dnipro, a Ukrainian official said, while attacks were also reported in other cities across the country.
Across the border, two children, aged five and 14, were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's southern Krasnodar Krai region, its governor Veniamin Kondratyev said on Telegram.
The strikes were the latest attacks after a short ceasefire coinciding with Orthdox Easter celebrations at the weekend, during which both sides accused one another of hundreds of violations.
Klitschko wrote on Telegram that as well as the deaths of a 12-year-old boy and a 35-year-old woman, rescuers had pulled a mother and child from the ruins of a 16-storey residential building that collapsed in Kyiv's central Podilsky district.
In the north of the capital, four emergency medical workers were among those injured as a result of repeated shelling.
In an attack on the central city of Dnipro, one person was killed and at least 10 people injured, Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the regional administration, wrote on Telegram. Pictures posted online showed buildings ablaze in the city.
Elsewhere, officials said a drone strike injured a 77-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man in Kharkiv and five people were wounded in an attack on the southern port city of Odesa.
The war in Ukraine is now in its fifth year and there have been several rounds of peace talks, with the US acting as a mediator.
However, the process has been stalled since US President Donald Trump shifted his focus to the war in the Middle East.
What Ukraine has repeatedly proposed is a full, stable ceasefire as a first step towards negotiating a lasting end to Russia's invasion.
But Moscow insists on agreeing the peace deal first, prompting accusations from Kyiv that Russia is not serious about ending the fighting.
Q&A
How many people were killed in the recent Russian attacks in Ukraine?
At least three people were killed in the recent Russian attacks across Ukraine.
What cities in Ukraine were affected by the missile and drone attacks?
The attacks were reported in multiple cities, including Kyiv and Dnipro.
What happened to children during the attacks in Russia's Krasnodar Krai region?
Two children, aged five and 14, were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Krasnodar Krai region.
