A truck is driven along the street as smoke rises above buildings in the background following an air attack in Kyiv, May 14, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP-Yonhap
KYIV, Ukraine — Large-scale Russian strikes on Kyiv killed one person and wounded at least 31 others, city authorities said on Thursday, as Moscow ramped up attacks on Ukraine following a short-lived ceasefire.
AFP journalists in the capital heard air raid sirens wailing before a series of loud explosions that lasted throughout the night, spurring residents of the capital to seek shelter in metro stations.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had launched more than 670 attack drones and 56 missiles in the attack that homed in on targets mainly in Kyiv.
"These are definitely not the actions of those who believe the war is coming to an end. It is important that partners do not remain silent about this strike," he wrote on social media, warning that more people could be trapped under the rubble at strike sites.
The Ukrainian leader added that more than twenty locations in Kyiv had been damaged, including residential buildings, a school, a vet and other civilian infrastructure.
Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv's military administration, said one person was killed and 16 others were wounded in the barrage on the city.
Ukraine's state emergency service later reported 31 people, including a child, had been wounded in strikes across the Kyiv region.
Military authorities said the strikes hit six districts of the capital and six more in the surrounding region.
At daybreak, AFP journalists saw rescue workers searching for survivors in the rubble of destroyed buildings in Kyiv.
Source: Korea Times News
