Russian airstrike on Kyiv kills at least three

Russian forces unleashed a combined drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Saturday, killing at least three people in a central district, city officials said.

Russian forces unleashed a combined drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Saturday, killing at least three people in a central district, city officials said.

Explosions boomed across the pre-dawn sky as air defenses repelled the attack, which also wounded three others, according to military administration chief Timur Tkachenko. He said four people had been killed, while police reported three deaths.

A metro station and water pipe were also damaged, said Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

Rescue workers plodded through a flooded street as they sifted through debris. The charred remains of a van were visible in front of the station, whose façade was marked by twisted metal and blown-out windows.

“Russian forces initially launched drones and then a ballistic-missile strike,” parliamentary ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets wrote on social media. “These acts merely underscore the enemy’s ruthlessness and barbarity.”

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