A total of 24 people, including three children, were killed on Thursday after a Russian strike hit a nine-story apartment building in Kiev during a massive drone and missile attack, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said Friday, reported Xinhua.
According to the agency, 48 others were injured in the attack, which caused a section of the residential building in the Darnytskyi district to collapse.
During a rescue operation that lasted for more than 28 hours, emergency workers cleared more than 3,000 cubic meters of debris from the destroyed structure.
Overnight into Thursday, Russia launched 675 drones and 56 missiles at Ukraine, with Kiev being the main target, said the Ukrainian Air Forces. Air defense units shot down 652 drones and 41 missiles.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday that the Russian forces had carried out a series of strikes against Ukrainian military-related targets from Tuesday to Friday in response to Ukrainian attacks on civilian facilities in Russia.
The ministry said the strikes targeted enterprises of Ukraine's defense-industrial complex, as well as fuel and energy, transport and port infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian military.
Military airfields, drone assembly and storage sites, ammunition and fuel depots, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries were also hit, it added.
Russia made no immediate public comment on the apartment building attack.
Meanwhile, the Russian city of Ryazan has declared a state of emergency following a nighttime drone attack by Ukrainian forces, the city administration's press service said Friday, reported Xinhua.
According to the official website of the Ryazan administration, the emergency regime was activated on Friday and will remain in effect until further notice for the management and forces of the regional subsystem of the unified state system for warning and mitigation of emergencies in the Ryazan region. A regional response level has been established.
Ryazan is a city located about 200 km southeast of Moscow.
Denis Bokov, first deputy chairman of the regional government, has been appointed head of the cleanup operations to address the aftermath of the emergency.
Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov reported earlier that the attack by Ukrainian forces damaged two multi-story residential buildings, with drone debris falling on the premises of an industrial enterprise.
According to the latest data, 28 people were injured and four killed, including a child.
Classes have been canceled at schools and kindergartens in the Oktyabrsky district. Russia's Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case for a terrorist act.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
