KIEV, June 2– At least 10 people were killed and dozens of others injured in a massive overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, local authorities said.
Four people were killed and 58 wounded in Kiev, including 40 who were hospitalized, Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram. The strikes sparked fires across the capital, damaging several apartment buildings and non-residential facilities, Klitschko said.
In the central Podilskyi district, a nine-story apartment building partially collapsed following a suspected missile strike, the mayor said.
Ukraine’s State Service for Emergencies said that search and rescue efforts at the strike sites were still underway as of Tuesday morning.
In the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine, six people were killed and 36 others injured, the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration reported. (Namibia Daily News / Xinhua)
