Summary
Russian forces launched drone and missile attacks across several Ukrainian cities, killing at least three people and injuring many others. Ukrainian officials reported casualties, including a 12-year-old boy in Kyiv, while Russian authorities said two children were killed in Ukraine’s drone strike across the border.
Key Facts
- Russia carried out drone and missile attacks in multiple Ukrainian cities on Wednesday night.
- At least three people died, including a 12-year-old boy and a 35-year-old woman in Kyiv.
- A residential building partially collapsed in Kyiv’s Podilsky district due to the attacks.
- One person was killed, and at least 10 were injured in the city of Dnipro.
- Other attacks caused injuries in Kharkiv, Odesa, and northern Kyiv.
- Two children, ages five and 14, were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Krasnodar Krai region.
- The attacks followed a short ceasefire during Orthodox Easter, which both sides claimed was violated.
- Peace talks have stalled partly due to shifting U.S. focus to conflicts in the Middle East.
