Drones kill residents, tear open buildings by Russian missiles in a deep attack on kiev
KYIV, Ukraine — One of the largest Russian attacks in months killed at least 15 people, mostly in Ukraine's capital, injuring nearly 100 and severely damaging several apartment buildings. Rescue workers are digging through the rubble for survivors.
Ukraine's special forces found documents, military tickets, notes, phones and equipment early this year on the bodies of North Korean soldiers killed in Kursk, a Russian region that borders Ukraine. Ukraine invasion — explained
The attack lasted for more than nine hours overnight.
Amid the constant crackle of Kyiv's air defenses, NPR's bureau heard the moped-like
buzzing sound of drones for hours, and, briefly, a missile's whistling screech.
Other parts of Ukraine were also hit, including the regions of Odesa in the south, Zaporizhzhia in the southeast, Zhytomyr in the west and Chernihiv in the north.
