Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with drones, killing at least four people in an apartment building in downtown Kyiv during morning rush hour, and targeted infrastructure across the country in the second wave of air strikes in a week
Attacks come a week after massive cruise missile strikesEurope's largest nuclear power plant again disconnectedfour people
A pregnant woman was among four people killed in the attack on the residential building, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Ukraine's Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi said there had been deaths in other cities but did not give a full toll.Black smoke poured out of the windows of the Kyiv apartment building and emergency service workers toiled to douse flames.
Nearby, Elena Mazur, 52, was searching for her mother, who had managed to call her to say she was buried under rubble.Ukraine said the attacks were carried out by Iran-made "suicide drones", which fly to their target and detonate. Russia's defence ministry said it had carried out a "massive" attack on military targets and energy infrastructure across Ukraine using"All night and all morning the enemy terrorises the civilian population.
"This is an entirely civilian facility. There is no military," said Andriy, 47, a senior manager who declined to give his last name. He said the attacks were part of a Russian effort to "destroy the economy and to destroy food security".
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