Russian strikes on Kyiv kill six and injure greater than 50, Ukrainian officers say

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Not less than six individuals have been killed and greater than 50 others injured after a barrage of Russian drones and missiles struck Kyiv in a single day, Ukrainian officers stated.

One of many useless features a six-year-old boy, whereas three different fatalities have been confirmed on the web site of an condo block which collapsed following a strike.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's army administration, stated the dying toll might rise, with harm in additional than two dozen places throughout the Ukrainian capital.

Russian assaults have continued regardless of US President Donald Trump's menace to impose harder sanctions on Moscow if Russian chief Vladimir Putin doesn't comply with a ceasefire by 8 August.

Igor Klymenko, Ukraine's inside minister, stated: "One of many strikes hit a residential high-rise constructing, a whole entrance was destroyed. Rescuers are clearing the rubble."

Kyiv's Sviatoshynsky and Solomyansky districts have been hit hardest within the assault, the place one particular person was killed and 20 extra have been injured, in keeping with Klymenko.

The home windows of a hospital ward for kids in Shevchenkivsky district have been blown out by a shockwave, the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, stated on Telegram.

Considered one of Kyiv's greater training establishments, a college and a kindergarten have been additionally broken in the course of the assault.

In a put up on X, Ukrainian International Minister Andrii Sybiha stated it was a "horrible morning" in Kyiv, and that there are "nonetheless individuals beneath the rubble".

Sybiha added that Trump had been "very beneficiant and affected person" with Putin, however now it was time to place "most stress on Moscow" via sanctions.

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On Monday, throughout a go to to the UK, Trump minimize that deadline to "ten or 12 days", expressing his disapproval at Putin's actions in Ukraine, greater than three years since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of the nation.

Trump did not say whether or not he felt the Russian president had been "mendacity" to him, however he stated there was a discrepancy between Putin's rhetoric throughout their one-on-one conversations and the missiles "lobbed" on Ukrainian cities.