Russia launches mass drone assault towards Kyiv, injuring no less than 7

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Russia launched an in a single day drone assault towards Kyiv, hanging a number of residential buildings and inuring no less than seven folks, native authorities reported within the early hours of March 23.

Not less than seven folks have been injured within the assaults, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.One of many victims was hospitalized, whereas the others acquired medical therapy on the scene.

Two residential buildings within the metropolis's Dniprovskyi district got here beneath hearth, based on authorities. A fireplace broke out on the higher flooring of 1 after drone particles struck the constructing, Klitschko reported.

The twentieth flooring of a second residence constructing in the identical district was hit, based on Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Metropolis Army Administration. Previous to that, drone wreckage struck a catering facility within the space.

Drone fragments additionally hit two high-rise flats within the Podilskyi district, inflicting fires at every location, Tkachenko stated.

Emergency providers have been dispatched to the assault websites. Data on the total extent of the casualties and damages remains to be being up to date.

In different districts of the town, wreckage from drones precipitated fires and property harm, Tkachenko reported. A fireplace broke out in an open space of the Desnianskyi district, whereas a automobile within the Shevchenkivsky district was broken.

Particles additionally fell in an industrial space of the Holosiivskyi district, Klitschko stated.

A collection of explosions rocked the capital all through the night time, as air protection models remained energetic within the metropolis, based on Kyiv Unbiased journalists on the bottom.

The assault comes much less the week into the partial 30-day "ceasefire" on assaults towards power infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine. The ceasefire, which the Kremlin introduced on March 18 following a name between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, has not interrupted Moscow's aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities.

"Immediately, the Russians are as soon as once more demonstrating their 'want for peace,'" Tkachenko stated.

"In actuality, terrorists are merely launching lethal weapons at residential buildings."

Putin’s ‘ceasefire’ — Is Russia still attacking Ukraine?Editor’s note: The Kyiv Independent is tracking Russian attacks on civilians, civilian infrastructure, and energy infrastructure from March 19, as it is not clear if strikes launched by Russia overnight on March 18 were launched before or after Putin gave his order to the military to halt attacks.…The Kyiv IndependentChris York