Kyiv hit by deadly Russian strikes, people feared trapped in apartment building rubble

By Kosta Gak, Victoria Butenko, Helen Regan, CNN

Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia launched a large-scale deadly attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early Tuesday, damaging residential buildings, authorities said, as part of a broad offensive on targets across Ukraine.

At least nine people have been killed in the overnight assault –– four in Kyiv and five in the central city of Dnipro –– and almost 100 wounded, according to Ukrainian officials.

Combined missile and drone strikes targeted the capital, damaging several residential and commercial buildings, sparking fires and burning cars, authorities said.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko described the overnight assault as a “massive enemy attack.”

There are fears people remain trapped under the rubble of a multi-story apartment block in Podilsky district that partially collapsed after a “double tap” Russian strike, according to Klitschko.

“Preliminary reports indicate that there are people trapped under the rubble,” Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv city military administration, wrote on Telegram.

Images from Ukraine’s State Emergency Services show a fire engulfing a badly-damaged house as firefighters doused the flames, and the windows and facade of what appears to be the front room of another debris-filled home completely blown away.

“Throughout the night, the enemy launched massive attacks on the Kyiv region using drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. Our peaceful towns and villages were once again under attack,” said Mykola Kalashnyk, the Kyiv regional governor.

At least 58 people were wounded across the city, including three children, Klitschko said, in strikes that caused power outages and sent residents scrambling to shelters as air raid sirens sounded.

A suspected missile strike hit a 24-story residential building in Shevchenkivskyi district, sparking a fire, and a blaze broke out in a nine-story building in Podil after debris struck the roof, the mayor said. Elsewhere in the city, Russian strikes damaged a clinic and debris fell on the grounds of a kindergarten, Klitschko added. In Bucha, three homes, warehouse facilities and non-residential buildings were damaged, Kalashnyk said.

Russian attacks were also reported in Dnipro, where 25 were wounded, and Kharkiv, where eight people were wounded, authorities said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday reiterated his warning to citizens of a possible “massive” Russian strike.

“Intelligence warnings regarding Russian strikes remain in force. A massive strike is possible – they have prepared it,” Zelensky said in his nightly address.

The warning came after Russia said last week that it was beginning “systematic strikes” against military facilities in Kyiv, according to Russian state media.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry had also warned foreign nationals, including staff of diplomatic missions and international organizations, to leave Kyiv “as soon as possible.”

The Russian strikes also came as Ukraine has expanded attacks on Russian oil assets.

Zelensky said in his nightly address Monday that between between January and May, Ukrainian troops have struck 15 Russian oil refineries, knocking out 40% of Russia’s main oil refining capacity. CNN cannot independently verify the report.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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