Russian strikes on Kiev and central Ukraine kill 2 teenagers and injure dozens

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone strike killed a teenager in Kiev during a nighttime barrage on the Ukrainian capital that lasted for hours, local officials said, while three people were killed in a rocket attack on central Ukraine that left at least 20 injured.

According to Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko, the drone crashed into a 25-story apartment building late Friday in the west of the city, killing a 15-year-old girl and injuring five others. Ukraine’s Emergency Service said 100 people were evacuated following the strike, which damaged several apartments on the building’s upper floors.

Serhii Popko, who heads Kyiv’s local military administration, said on Saturday that Russian forces pounded the city overnight for seven and a half hours. Air raid sirens wailed throughout the night, and Popko said Ukrainian air defenses shot down “up to a dozen” Russian drones.

Also on Friday evening, a Russian missile hit a residential area in the center of Dnipro, killing a 14-year-old girl and two adult women, regional governor Serhii Lysak said, adding that at least 20 people were injured, including a child 8 years and teenagers. He said the attack affected thirteen apartment buildings, private homes and a medical facility.