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

"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 Ukraines 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."

"Reuters agency also quoted witnesses and the Ukrainian military as saying that a fire has broken out at an administrative building in Kyiv's Pecherskyi district following the drone attack, which also knocked out power in the city. Russian attacks on Ukraine have increased in recent days even as US President Donald Trump stepped up diplomacy to end the three-and-a-half-year war, although those efforts have not yet been successful."

Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv early Sunday killed at least three people, injured 18, and set dozens of buildings ablaze, including an administrative government building. Fires were reported at multiple high-rise apartment blocks in the city's west and Sviatoshynskyi district and at a four-storey building in the Darnytskyi district after drone debris fell. An infant, a young woman and an elderly woman in a shelter were reported dead; medics and emergency services responded. Power outages affected the city. Debris from destroyed drones ignited fires atop several residential towers. Russian attacks on Ukraine have increased despite ongoing US diplomatic efforts.

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