Russia launches deadly wave of drone, missile attacks across Ukraine

According to officials, five people have been injured in large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine’s capital in the past two days, including a 2-year-old child.

Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kiev, claimed on Wednesday that Russia had launched a string of drone and missile attacks against the city.

After drone debris struck one of a residential tower’s floors, one person was killed and ten were saved in the Dniprovskiy area. A building in the Dnipro district, where a second fatality was reported, caught fire, according to Klitschko, adding that 10 people were ejected.

A missile fragment that fell in the Pechersky district caught fire. In Darnytsky, drone debris set off another fire in a building, a hangar, and a residential tower.

According to Klitschko, explosions were reported in at least four districts early on Wednesday, severing glass from residential buildings, and ignitting several fires.

Overnight, other Ukrainian regions experienced the same fate.

In an attack carried out by drones, Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, said cars and railroad infrastructure were damaged.

In the Zaporizhia region, Ukrainian authorities issued an airborne threat. Oleh Kiper, the head of the southern Odesa region, claimed drone attacks had harmed Izmail city’s port and energy infrastructure.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, has been trying to persuade Donald Trump to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to help it penetrate Russian territory and use force in ceasefire negotiations.

Trump had previously suggested the possibility, but he later backtracked on Friday during a White House meeting with Zelenskyy.

The change was made a day after Trump and Vladimir Putin made a surprise phone call. The two leaders had agreed to meet for a conversation during their phone call, but on Tuesday, both sides’ officials announced the meeting would not take place soon.