Russia attacks Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing 4 in Kyiv
Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing four people and injuring at least 22 others overnight Friday, Ukrainian authorities said.
Russia also struck critical infrastructure in the western city of Lviv using an unidentified ballistic missile, Mayor Andriy Sadoviy said. The Ukrainian Air Force’s Western Command later said the missile traveled at a speed of 13,000 kilometers (more than 8,000 miles) per hour and that the specific type of rocket was under investigation.
Among the dead was a medical rescuer, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the kyiv city military administration. Five rescue workers were injured while responding to the site of the ongoing attacks, Ukraine’s security services said.
Several districts of kyiv were hit during the attack, said the head of the Kyiv city military administration, Tymur Tkachenko. In the Desnyanskyi district, a drone crashed on the roof of a multi-story building. At another address in the same area, the first two floors of a residential building were damaged following the attack.
In the Dnipro region, elements of a drone damaged a multi-story building and a fire broke out.
Running water and electricity were cut off in parts of the capital following the attack, kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
The attack came just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alerted the nation of Russia’s intentions to launch a full-scale offensive. He said Russia was seeking to take advantage of the freezing weather in the capital, making roads and streets dangerously icy.
