Baby among two killed in Russian drone attack on Kyiv, officials say

Local officials said at least two people were killed and 13 wounded in a new Russian attack overnight on a drone on the capital of Ukraine Kiev.

Kiev, head of the military administration in Kiev, said on Sunday that one of the victims was one year -old, whose body was withdrawn from the rubble. It is also believed that a young woman has been killed.

Russia also attacked the birthplace of Kreifi Rica, President Voludimir Zellinski in the center of Ukraine, where three infrastructure facilities were struck. Air raid warnings have been activated overnight to all regions of the country.

The new attack came as a Russian president Vladimir Putin was crucified his warning In the West not to help Ukraine.

Kiev officials said that many multi -storey residential buildings in the west of Svyatoshins and southeast provinces were partially destroyed and continued to tighten them immediately after direct strikes.

“The Russians intentionally strike civilian facilities,” said Takashinko.

There were many explosions in Kiev early in the morning, including at least one in the city center, which was seen BBC. Many cruise missiles also targeted capital.

Soon, the mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko said that a government building was burning in the central Pittski area. He said that a Russian drone had most likely caused the fire.

“The firefighters are working at the scene,” the mayor added.

Russia has not commented on the blows of drones reported throughout Ukraine.

In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Air Defense Forces had dropped or assaulted 69 Ukrainian drones in a number of Russian regions.

Earlier this week, Putin rejected the Western proposals of “the power of reassurance” in Ukraine The next day to enter any ceasefire, in the wake of the Paris Summit aimed at putting the finishing touches on security guarantees plans.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that 26 Ukraine allies have been officially committed to deploying the forces “by land, sea or air” to help provide security at the moment when the fighting stopped. He did not give more details.

Putin sought to crush the Allied Initiative, warning that any forces deployed in Ukraine would be “legitimate targets”.

Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Moscow is currently controlling about 20 % of Ukrainian lands – including the southern Crimea Peninsula, which was illegally included in 2014.