LONDON — No less than 9 folks had been killed and dozens extra had been injured in an in a single day Russian assault on a number of districts and residential areas in Kyiv, Ukrainian officers mentioned on Thursday.
Russian assault drones and ballistic missiles focused the capital, in line with the Kyiv Metropolis Army Administration.
“In a single day, Russia held a large assault on Ukraine,” the Ministry of Protection mentioned. “Cruise missiles, drones, ballistic weapons — yet one more strike on peaceable cities and Ukrainian houses.”
Broken vehicles lie in a yard with different particles after a Russian ballistic missile assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 24, 2025.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, who’s touring in South Africa, mentioned Thursday he would cancel a part of his deliberate go to and return to Ukraine sooner than anticipated.
“This can be very vital that everybody all over the world sees and understands what is admittedly taking place,” he mentioned. “Almost 70 missiles, together with ballistic ones. And about 150 assault drones.”
Ukrainian searchers clear the rubble after a Russian ballistic missile assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Thursday, April 24, 2025.
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No less than 70 folks had been injured, together with 42 who had been hospitalized, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service mentioned in a put up on the Telegram messaging app. Zelenskyy a number of hours later mentioned greater than 80 folks had been injured.
Six youngsters had been among the many injured, the emergency service mentioned.
Rescue operations had been persevering with early on Thursday within the capital, the place first responders had been digging by the rubble of residential buildings for survivors, protection officers mentioned.
Ukrainian rescuers carry the physique of a sufferer as they function on the web site of a Russian missile assault in Kyiv on April 24, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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“These assaults are yet one more affirmation — Russia will not be searching for peace. It continues to kill Ukrainians,” the ministry mentioned on social media.
Outdoors of Kyiv, Russia Additionally Focused the Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia Areas.
