Kiev, Ukraine (AP) – Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 805 drones and decoys on Sunday, the biggest attack since the full-scale invasion.
Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat confirmed with the Associated Press that Sunday’s attack was a Russian drone strike.
Russia has also launched 13 missiles of various types.
According to an Air Force statement, Ukraine neutralized it by firing down 747 drones and four missiles.
There were nine missile hits and 56 drone strikes at 37 locations across Ukraine. Shotdown drone and missile fragments fell to eight locations.
This is a news update. Previous stories about the AP are as follows:
Kiev, Ukraine (AP) – A Russian drone and missile missile attack on the Ukrainian capital on Sunday killed at least two people and smoke rose from the roofs of major government buildings.
An Associated Press reporter saw smoke feathers rise from the roof of Kiev’s minister’s ministerial minister, but it was not immediately clear whether the smoke was the result of a direct hit or debris. Russia has so far avoided targeting government buildings in the city centre.
The building is home to the Ukrainian Cabinet and houses the minister’s office. Police blocked access to the building as fire trucks and ambulances arrived.
Ukrainian officials said two people were killed and 15 were injured in the attack.
“For the first time, government buildings have been damaged by enemy attacks, including roofs and upper floors,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Swilydenko said. “We will restore the building, but we cannot return the lost life.”
“The world must respond to this destruction with action, not just words. We need to increase the sanctions pressure mainly on Russia’s oil and gas,” she said.
Among the dead was a one-year-old child, whose body was excavated from the tile rub by rescuers, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kiev’s city government.
According to Mayor Vitallii Klitschko, Russian drone fragments were attacked by a nine-storey home building in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv and a four-storey residential building in the Darnytskyi district.
Sunday’s attack is second Massive Russian drone and missile attacks Targeting Kiev over the course of two weeks as a hope for peace negotiations.
The attack worked to work to end the war after European leaders promised Russian leader Vladimir Putin to deploy their troops as a “secure force” in the war-torn country once the battle was over.
Ukrainian President Voldimia Zelenki said he was ready to negotiate a peace deal to meet Putin, urging US President Donald Trump to punish Russia for sanctions.
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An earlier version of this story falsely reported that drone shards had attacked a four-storey building in the Svyatsinsky district. It was a nine-storey building.
