Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv kill at least 3, strike gov’t building

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says attack early on Sunday sparked fires at several high-rise buildings in the capital.

At least three people have been killed, 18 wounded, and dozens of buildings set on fire in Kyiv, including the seat of the government, following a Russian drone and missile attack in Ukraine‘s capital, according to officials and local news reports.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko was initially quoted by Reuters news agency as saying that the attack early on Sunday killed an infant and a young woman, and sparked fires at several high-rise apartment buildings in the city’s west and east.

Medics were called to the leafy Darnytskyi district to the east of the Dnipro River, where a four-storey apartment building caught fire from the debris of drones destroyed in the overnight attack, Klitschko added.

The Ukrainian news website Kyiv Independent also reported that an elderly woman also died in a shelter in the city’s Darnytskyi district following the attack, although the cause of of her death was not immediately clear.

The State Emergency Service confirmed at least one fatality in Kyiv and at least 18 injured.