JAKARTA - A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed one civilian and injured four others. The missile strike on Wednesday morning sparked several fires.
Residents were awakened by a series of devastating explosions that rocked the capital at around 02.30 local time, when local officials said air defenses launched the largest ballistic missile attack targeting Kyiv in weeks.
Nearly three years since Russia launched an invasion, the attack comes amid peace efforts by US President Donald Trump who said his team were in contact with Kyiv and Moscow and that he wanted the bloodshed to end soon.
A puff of smoke was seen rising over the city after the attack when an emergency service crew cleared debris beside the damaged building.
"We don't have a window, everything is broken here. It's terrible," Anzhela Karnatava told Reuters on Wednesday, February 12.
Another Kyiv resident, Nina Kyslenko, said she came to her place of work to see the damage after receiving a call from the police informing the damage to windows and doors as a result of the attack.
There was an explosion all morning. Everything was destroyed, "he said about his dry cleaning shop, where broken glass was scattered on the floor.
Ukrainian air force said it shot down six of the seven ballistic missiles fired.
Of the 123 drones, the military shot down 71 drones and likely used electronic countermeasures against 40 other drones.
A nine-year-old child was among the injured.
Russia's terror against Ukraine will not stop by itself, wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
'(President of Russia Vladimir) Putin is not preparing for peace. He continues to kill Ukrainians and destroy cities," he continued.
Photographs shared by state emergency services show rescue teams extinguishing the fire that devoured non-residential buildings in the area around Kyiv.
Last night's attack also damaged critical infrastructure and injured two people in the northern region of Chernihiv, local officials said.
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